Alan Wall Explained

Alan Wall is a British novelist and short story writer.

Biography

Wall was born in Bradford and studied at the University of Oxford. After a variety of jobs, he became a full-time writer in his forties.^[1] In addition to his work as a professional author, he has developed a career teaching creative writing with posts at Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Birmingham and the University of Chester. He is also a published poet and critic.^[2]

Bibliography

Books

• Jacob 1993 (Poetry)
• Curved Light (1994)
• Bless the Thief (1997)
• Silent Conversations (1998)
• The Lightning Cage (1999)
• The School of Night (2001)
• China (2003)
• Sylvie's Riddle (2008)
• Badmouth (2014)

Short fiction

• Richard Dadd in Bedlam and Other Stories (1999)

width=25%	Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Spider god and the periodic table	2013	Wall, Alan . Apr–May 2013 . Spider god and the periodic table . Asimov's Science Fiction . 37 . 4&5 . 108–135.		Novelette

References

1. Book: Nick Rennison. Contemporary British novelists. 19 May 2013. 2005. Routledge. 978-0-415-21708-8. 172–.
2. http://www.chester.ac.uk/departments/english/staff/professor-alan-wall Staff page at University of Chester

External links

• Official web site
• Staff page at University of Chester
• Guardian book review for Sylvie's Riddle (2008)