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Matt Whyman is a British novelist, also known for his work as an advice columnist for numerous teenage magazines.


Biography

Born in 1969, Matt Whyman grew up in
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, and has an MA from the
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(1992) taught by
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and Rose Tremain. He has written widely for all ages across a range of subjects in fiction and non-fiction, notably '' Boy Kills Man'' (2004), a critically acclaimed story of Colombian child assassins which is published in translation around the world, the bestselling comic memoir ''Walking With Sausage Dogs'' (2011) and ''The Unexpected Genius of Pigs'' (2018). In 1995, Whyman became the first male advice columnist for 19 magazine. He went on to hold a 10-year residency as
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UK's online agony uncle, and for 18 years at Bliss Magazine from 1996 until its closure in 2014. He has created many national health awareness campaigns for
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, CLIC Sargent,
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and Brook Advisory, written widely on teenage issues for the national press, and often appeared on radio and television in this role. In 1997, Whyman co-presented a series of ITV's cult Saturday morning sex and relationships show, ''Love Bites'', and from 2011-2013 served as the resident agony uncle on
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's live advice show,
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. As well as teaching creative writing across the UK, and for the British Council in Russia,
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, Africa and the
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, Whyman is an established ghostwriter and collaborative author. In the latter role, he has worked on books with Billy Connolly (''Tracks Across America'', 2016), Charles Eugster (''Age is Just a Number'' 2017), Matthew Syed (''You are Awesome'', 2018) and
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(''Anything is Possible'', 2020) among others. In 2015, he wrote the graphic novel ''Username: Evie'', with the story provided by
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, who was credited as the lead author of the work, and with the art provided by Amrit Birdi, as well as two further titles, ''Username: Regenerated'' (2016) and ''Username: Uprising'' (2017)''.'' Whyman is also the author of ''The Nice & Accurate Good Omens TV Companion'' (2019) to accompany the series, Good Omens, based upon the novel by
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and Terry Pratchett, and Our Planet, based on the
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series, with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. Matt Whyman lives in West Sussex. He is married with four children.


Books


Novels

*''Man or Mouse'' (2000),
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*''Columbia Road'' (2002)
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*''Superhuman'' (2003),
Hodder Children's Books Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette. History Early history The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs Jackson and Walford, the official publisher ...
*'' Boy Kills Man'' (2004),
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*''The Wild'' (2005),
Hodder Children's Books Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette. History Early history The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs Jackson and Walford, the official publisher ...
*''So Below'' (2005),
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(republished as ''Street Runners'' in 2008) *''Inside the Cage'' (2007),
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/ Atheneum Books (as ''Icecore'') *''Goldstrike'' (2009),
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& Atheneum Books *''Lazlo Strangolov's Feather & Bone'' (2009) Walker Books *''Lazlo Strangolov's Tooth & Claw'' (2011) Walker Books *''Battle Champions: Academy Attack'' (2013)
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...
(co-written as Jack Carson) *''Battle Champions: Canyon Clash'' (2013)
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...
(co-written as Jack Carson) *''Battle Champions: Swampland Slam'' (2013)
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...
co-written as Jack Carson) *''Battle Champions: Terminal Takedown'' (2013)
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...
(co-written as Jack Carson) *''The Savages (2013)''
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*''American Savage'' (2014)
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*'' Boy Kills Man'' Tenth Anniversary Edition (2014)
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*''Bad Apple'' (2016)
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Non fiction

*''Wise Guides: Smoking'' (2000),
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*''Wise Guides: Drinking'' (2002),
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*''XY: A Toolkit for Life'' (2002),
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(republished as ''Unzipped'' in 2007) *''XY100: 100 strategies for life'' (2004),
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*''Wise Guides: Family Break Up'' (2005),
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*''Oink / Pig in the Middle'' (2011)
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*''Walking With Sausage Dogs (''2012)
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*''The Unexpected Genius of Pigs'' (2018)
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*''The Nice & Accurate Good Omens TV Companion'' (2019) Headline *''Our Planet'' (2019)
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. *''Be More Sausage'' (2020)
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*''Failure is an Option'' (2022) Vertebrate Publishing


Short stories

* ''Visionary'' (1992) Minerva (published in New Writing 2 edited by Malcolm Bradbury &
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* ''crusoe.com'' (2000)
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(published in the New English Library of Internet Short Stories edited by Maxim Jakubowski * ''Enfemme'' (2001)
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(published in Girls' Night Out/Boys' Night In edited by Jessica Adams, Chris Manby & Fiona Walker * ''Eleven Pipers Piping'' (2006)
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(published in Twelve Days edited by Shelley Silas * ''Eclipsed'' (2010) Walker Books (published in The Truth is Dead edited by Marcus Sedgwick * ''Uplifted'' (2013)
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(published in The Booby Trap edited by
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) * ''Ghost Story'' (2014) Andersen Press (published in War Girls) * ''Eclipsed'' (2015)
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(published in War & Conflict edited by Benjamin Hulme-Cross)


Prizes and awards

*''2004''
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(shortlist) Boy Kills Man *''2005'' Stockport Schools' Book Award (shortlist) Boy Kills Man *''2006'' De Jonge Jury (Netherlands) (shortlist) Boy Kills Man *''2006'' Wirral Paperback of the Year (shortlist) Boy Kills Man *''2006'' Renfrewshire Teenage Book Award (shortlist) The Wild *''2007'' Wirral Paperback of the Year (longlist) The Wild *''2013'' North East Teenage Book Award (shortlist) The Savages *''2014'' Angus Book Award (winner), the Savages


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whyman, Matt 1969 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia 21st-century English novelists British advice columnists British writers of young adult literature English male novelists 21st-century English male writers People from West Sussex