Andrew Biswell is the biographer of

Anthony Burgess John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his Utopian and dystopian fiction, d ...

. He was made Professor of Modern Literature in the Department of English at

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in June 2013 having previously held the positions of Lecturer, then Principal Lecturer, in English and Creative Writing, and Academic Director of the Manchester Writing School. Biswell wrote his doctoral thesis on Burgess's fiction and journalism. His biography, semi-authorised by Burgess's widow, is entitled ''The Real Life of Anthony Burgess''.

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published the book,Observer review: The Real Life of Anthony Burgess by Andrew Biswell , Books , The Observer
/ref> on 21 October 2005. A paperback version was published on 6 October 2006. As a student Biswell was editor of the Leicester University Student Union newspaper ''

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'' between 1993 - 1994.

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