Frank Egerton
Frank Egerton | |
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| Born | Francis David Egerton 21 September 1959 |
| Occupation | Novelist, librarian |
| Relatives | Egerton family |
Francis David Egerton[1][2] (born 21 September 1959) is a British novelist from the Egerton family. Writing as "Frank Egerton", he works as a tutor of creative writing at Oxford University[3] and an Oxford University librarian.[4] He reviewed fiction and non-fiction for newspapers including The Times and Financial Times from 1995–2008.[5]
Family[]
Egerton is a great-great-great-grandson of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, second son of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland. He is in the line of succession to the Sutherland dukedom. He is married to Jess and lives in West Oxfordshire.
Career[]
Frank Egerton originally qualified as an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He gave up his job as a land agent to sit Oxbridge and read English at Keble College. He is interested in "both the close examination of fiction and how recent technologies such as ebooks and print-on-demand are changing the publishing industry and offering fresh opportunities to writers."[6] His first novel, The Lock,[7] was published in paperback in 2003 and his second, Invisible, was published by StreetBooks[8] in 2010. The ebook version of The Lock reached the finals of the Independent e-Book Awards in Santa Barbara in 2002. In The Times review of Invisible Kate Saunders commented on "the author’s lively wit and acute understanding of the emotional landscape."[9] He is a member of the Society of Authors, Writers in Oxford and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, and is a former editor of The Oxford Writer. He was Chair of Writers in Oxford from 2008 to 2010.
About Frank Egerton[]
- Gill Oliver Interview with Frank Egerton[10]
References[]
- ^ "Person Page - 4576". thePeerage.com. 10 May 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2011.[unreliable source]
- ^ "The Leveson-Gower Family: Eleventh Generation". Berkshire: John Elkin. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "MSt in Creative Writing". University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "Bodleian Latin American Centre Library Guide". ox.libguides.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "Frank Egerton website: Reviews". frankegerton.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "MSt in Creative Writing". University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ Carlson, Michael (1 March 2003). "Down to the Last Detail". Spectator. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "StreetBooks: website". streetbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Saunders, Kate (23 October 2010). "Invisible by Frank Egerton". London: Times. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Oliver, Gill (27 January 2011). "Interview with Frank Egerton". Oxford Times. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
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