Barry Pilton (born 1946 in

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) is a travel writer, radio and television comedy scriptwriter and novelist. He was educated in

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and King's College London. In 1967-8 he taught English in

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and from 1969 worked as a journalist on the ''

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'', becoming a freelance writer in 1976. He has worked on ''

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'', '' Shelley'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Between 1984 and 1999 he lived in Llandefailogfach near

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in Mid Wales and his first novel '' The Valley'' is concerned with the effect of outsiders on the rural status quo. He now lives in

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, and is working on a television adaptation of ''The Valley''.Bloomsbury.com - Bloomsbury Author Information
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Travel Writing

*''Miles of London'' (1981) (with Sybil Harper) *'' One Man and His Bog'' (1986) (on walking the

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) *'' One Man and His Log'' (1988) (on sailing the

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in France) *''An Innocent Abroad'' (1997)

Novels

*'' The Valley'' (2005) *'' Town with No Twin'' (2007) *'' Land of My Neighbours'' (2009)

References

External links

*
Interview with Barry Pilton
(Feb 2005)
Author webpage
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