Jeremy Poolman is a British novelist, biographer and artist. His first novel, ''Interesting Facts about the State of Arizona'', won the 1997

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 ...

, best first book, UK. He studied at University College School, and

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...

. His work has appeared in ''The Guardian''. He lives in Cornwall.

Works

*''Interesting Facts about the State of Arizona'', Faber and Faber, 1996, *''Audacity's Song'', Faber and Faber, 1998, *''My Kind of America'', Bloomsbury, 2000, *''Skin'', Bloomsbury, 2001, ;Non-Fiction *''A Wounded Thing Must Hide: In Search of Libbie Custer'', Bloomsbury, 2002, *''Gypsy Jem Mace: Being One Man's Search for His Forgotten Famous Ancestor'' Andre Deutsch, 2008, *''The Road of Bones: A Journey to the Dark Heart of Russia'', Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2011,

References

External links

Author's website2011 Surrey Heath Literary Festival
20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists Living people Alumni of Oxford Brookes University People educated at University College School British male novelists 20th-century British male writers 21st-century British male writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-novelist-stub