Chris Paling
Chris Paling (born 1956)[1] is a British author of modern fiction.
Biography[]
Born in 1956 in Derby, Paling studied social sciences at the University of Sussex.[1] He started working as a studio manager for BBC radio in 1981.[1] In the early 1990s he had a Thirty Minute Theatre play called Way Station produced on BBC Radio 4. He wrote more radio plays and later began writing novels.
After the Raid (1995), a wartime study of a shattered mind, was closely followed by Deserters (1996) and Morning All Day (1997). Paling feared The Silent Sentry (1999), about a radio producer who cracks up, might be "the longest resignation letter in history", but he remains a Radio 4 producer to this day. Newton's Swing (2000) was a subtle Stateside thriller; The Repentant Morning (2003) is set in London and Spain in 1936; A Town by the Sea (2005) is a departure from his previous style, leading the reader through a strange landscape of unfamiliar people and places. Minding (2007), nominated for the Mind book of the year, was described as "a delicately and intimately drawn portrait".[citation needed]
Paling wrote a series of plays entitled Words and Music, broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in the summer of 2013.[2] In 2017 his book Reading Allowed: True Stories and Curious Incidents from a Provincial Library was published.
Paling is married with two children, and lives in Brighton.[1]
Bibliography[]
- After the Raid (1995)[1]
- Deserters (1996)
- Morning All Day (1997)
- The Silent Sentry (1999)
- Newton's Swing (2000)[3]
- The Repentant Morning (2003)[4][5]
- A Town by the Sea (2005)[6]
- Minding (2007)[7]
- Nimrod's Shadow (2010)[8]
- Reading allowed: True stories and Curious Incidents from a Provincial Library (2017)[9]
- A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist. Little, Brown Book, 2021. ISBN 9781472134875.[10]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Paling away". The Guardian. 24 February 2005. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Chris Paling - Words and Music - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ "Guardian review: Newton's Swing by Chris Paling". The Guardian. 15 July 2000. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ GRYLLS, DAVID. "Review: Fiction: The Repentant Morning by Chris Paling". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Review: The Repentant Morning by Chris Paling". The Guardian. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ Taylor, D. J. (12 February 2005). "Review: A Town by the Sea by Chris Paling". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Minding by Chris Paling". New Humanist. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ Jensen, Liz (9 April 2010). "Nimrod's Shadow by Chris Paling". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ Davies, Review by Helen. "Books: Reading Allowed: True Stories and Curious Incidents from a Provincial Library by Chris Paling". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ Annesley, Jackie. "A Very Nice Rejection Letter by Chris Paling, review — the struggle to get published". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
External links[]
- 1956 births
- Living people
- 20th-century English novelists
- 21st-century English novelists
- English radio writers
- Alumni of the University of Sussex
- English male novelists
- 20th-century English male writers
- 21st-century English male writers