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Mez Packer is an English novelist. She is the author of ''Among Thieves'' and ''The Game Is Altered'' and lectures at
Coventry University , mottoeng = By Art and Industry , established = , type = Public , endowment = £28 million (2015) , budget = £787.5 million , chancellor = Margaret Casely-Hayford , vice_chancellor = John Latham , students = () , undergr ...
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Biography

Packer was born in
Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
, England and spent her early years amongst the Plymouth Brethren, in
Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
. She attended
Warwick University , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020â ...
from 1984 to 1988, gaining a degree in
Philosophy and literature Philosophy and literature involves the literary treatment of philosophers and philosophical themes (the literature of philosophy), and the philosophical treatment of issues raised by literature (the philosophy of literature). The philosophy ...
. From the late 1990s to 2003, she worked as a web designer,
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broadcast journalist and content producer. She continues her work in
Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
media and communications. Racism is a theme central to her first novel, ''Among Thieves'', published in 2009. Cathi Unsworth of the Guardian praised it as "a highly original debut". Her second novel, ''The Game Is Altered'', in the speculative fiction genre, was published in 2012. She describes it as "a hybrid literary form". She is senior lecturer in interactive media and a visiting lecturer in
creative writing Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary ...
, at
Coventry University , mottoeng = By Art and Industry , established = , type = Public , endowment = £28 million (2015) , budget = £787.5 million , chancellor = Margaret Casely-Hayford , vice_chancellor = John Latham , students = () , undergr ...
. In 2019, Packer obtained a PhD from the
University of Huddersfield , mottoeng = Thus not for you alone , established = 1825 – Huddersfield Science and Mechanics' Institute1992 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £2.47 million (2015) , chancellor = George W. Buckley , vice_chancell ...
, supervised by Sarah Falcus, with a thesis entitled "Genre and language: defining temporal, physical and non-physical spaces in speculative techno-dystopian fiction".


Prizes

''Among Thieves'' was shortlisted for the 2010
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 – South Asia and Europe, longlisted for the 2010 Author's Club First Novel Award and shortlisted for The People's Book Prize. It won the 2010 Coventry Inspiration Award.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Packer, Mez 21st-century English novelists Writers from Essex Living people Alumni of the University of Warwick English women novelists 21st-century English women writers Academics of Coventry University People from Leamington Spa Year of birth missing (living people)