Anthony J. Cartwright (born 1973) is a British novelist. He was educated at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

(BA Creative Writing, 1996). He received the Betty Trask Award for his novel ''The Afterglow'' in 2004. ''The Afterglow'' was also shortlisted for the

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, the

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize was a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama) by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and published in the United Kingdom ...

, and the

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

. His second novel, ''Heartland'', was shortlisted for The People's Book Prize and the

. In 2015 he collaborates with the Italian writer Gian Luca Favetto and 66thand2nd editions for "Il giorno perduto - Racconto di un viaggio all'Heysel". Cartwright was responsible for the English part, and Favetto for the Italian part. A boy from

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and a family from

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, leave their homes to go to see Liverpool-Juventus in

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, in what we recall as one of the greatest disasters in the history of soccer.

Awards

*2004 Betty Trask Award, ''The Afterglow''

Bibliography

* ''The Afterglow'' (2004) * ''Heartland'' (2009) * ''How I Killed Margaret Thatcher'' (2012) * ''Iron Towns'' (2016) * ''The Cut'' (2017)

References

1973 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia British writers People from Dudley {{UK-writer-stub