Luke Williams (author)
Luke Williams (born 1977[1]) is a Scottish author, whose first novel The Echo Chamber won the 2011 Saltire Society's Scottish First Book of the Year award.[2] He later co-wrote a book with Natasha Soobramanien, Diego Garcia, which won the Goldsmiths Prize in 2022.[3] Williams teaches Creative Writing at Birkbeck.[4]
Life[edit]
Williams grew up in Fife and divides his time between London and Edinburgh.[1] He studied history at the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews.[5] He completed an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, where he was taught by W. G. Sebald, who influenced him greatly; Williams contributing a chapter to Saturn's Moons: A W.G. Sebald Handbook.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Luke Williams Author Page Retrieved 2013-11-24
- ^ The Saltire Society Literary Awards 2011 Archived 23 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ^ "Diego Garcia". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Mr Luke Williams — Birkbeck, University of London". www.bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Interview: Luke Williams on The Echo Chamber from the Scottish Book Trust. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013
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