Duncan McLaren (born 1957) is a British writer, critic, and author. He is known for his books ''Looking For Enid: The Mysterious And Inventive Life Of Enid Blyton'', published by

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, and ''Evelyn!: Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love'', published by Harbour Books. He was a writer in residence at

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in 2002. Since 2021, McLaren has been writing a biography of the conceptual artist

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Career

McLaren's career has included book writing, journalism, and authoring essays for exhibition catalogues. He also maintained a blog, which was shortlisted for the

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for Blogs in 2011.

Books

* ''Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love'' (2015, Harbour Books) * ''George MacDonald 1824–1905'' (2007, Deveron Arts) * ''Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton'' (2007, Granta) * ''The Strangled Cry of the Writer-in-Residence'' (2002, Grizedale Arts) * ''Personal Delivery'' (1998, Quartet Books) His book ''Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton'' received the

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Magazine's Grown-Up Award for Non-Fiction in 2007.

Essays for Catalogues

McLaren has contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogues for artists such as

Bill Drummond William Ernest Drummond (born 29 April 1953) is a Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer. He was a co-founder of the late-1980s avant-garde pop group the KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with wh ...

and Sharon Kivland.

References

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