Mick Jackson (born 1960) is a British writer from England, best known for his novel '' The Underground Man'' (1997). The book, based on the life of

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, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and for the 1997 Whitbread Award for best

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Overview

Mick Jackson was born in 1960, in

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, and educated at

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) is a co-educational free school in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Founded in 1509 as a boys' school, it is now a co-educational independent free school with over 1200 students from ages 4 to 18. Pupils ...

. Jackson worked in local theatre, studied theatre arts at

Dartington College of Arts Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme. It existed for a period of almost 50 ...

, and played in a rock band called The Screaming Abdabs. In 1990, he enrolled in a creative writing course at the

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, and began working on ''The Underground Man''. He has been a full-time writer since 1995. He is best known for his novel '' The Underground Man'' (1997), based on the life of

. The book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and for the 1997 Whitbread Award for best first novel. Jackson's other works are the novels ''Five Boys'' (2002) ''The Widow's Tale'' (2010) and ''Yuki Chan in Bronte Country'' (2016), and the short story collections ''Ten Sorry Tales'' (2006) and ''The Bears of England'' (2009). Under the

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Kirkham Jackson, he wrote the screenplay for the 2004 television film '' Roman Road''. He lives in Brighton.

References

External links

Mick Jackson.com
- Official website
Interview
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