Электронная книга: Gregory Norminton «The Devil’s Highway»

Gregory Norminton

Gregory Norminton is a novelist and environmental activist born at Ascot, Berkshire, in 1976.cite web
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Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, he read English at Regent's Park College, Oxford and studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.cite web
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His novels include "The Ship of Fools" (London: Sceptre, 2002), "Arts and Wonders" (London: Sceptre, 2004), "Ghost Portrait" (London: Sceptre, 2005) and "Serious Things" (London: Sceptre, 2008). He wrote "The Poison Tree" for BBC Radio 4,cite web
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He contributed 'The Soul Surgeons' to the anthology, "Book of Voices" (Durham: Flame Books, 2005), sold to raise funds for Sierra Leone PEN.cite web
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In 2005 he took part in "Planet Action", an eco-reality series made by the global television network Animal Planet in conjunction with the WWF.cite web
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Norminton has been writer in residence at Wellington College, Berkshire and Magdalene College, Cambridge and he was a featured artist at the 2003 International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He received a Writer’s Award from the Arts Council of England in 2003, and a Making Waves award from the BBC at the Brighton Festival in 2000.

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* [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/gregory-norminton-the-ecoactivist-provides-a-portentous-warning-about-our-treatment-of-the-planet-771031.html Murrough O'Brien, 'Gregory Norminton: The eco-activist provides a portentous warning about our treatment of the planet', "The Independent on Sunday", 20 January 2008]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/originalfiction/story/0,,2248331,00.html 'Endnotes', "The Guardian" 29 January 2008]
* [http://www.gregorynorminton.co.uk/ Gregory Norminton's Website]
* [http://www.blogger.com/profile/15807791 Gregory Norminton's Blog]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,1483381,00.html A review of one of Gregory Norminton's novels]

Источник: Gregory Norminton