Tim Pears (born 15 November 1956) is an English novelist. His novels explore social issues as they are processed through the dynamics of family relationships.

Biography

Although born in

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, Tim Pears grew up in the village of

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on the edge of

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where his father was the rector. He left school at sixteen and worked in a wide variety of jobs: farm labourer, nurse in a mental hospital, painter and decorator, college night porter and many others. He also made short films, and in 1993 graduated from the Direction course at the

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. He wrote the script for a feature film, ''Loop'', produced by

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at Sterling Pictures released in 1999. He has had several features published in the

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In a Land of Plenty ''In A Land Of Plenty'' is a 10-episode British television drama serial produced by Sterling Pictures and Talkback for BBC Two in the United Kingdom. Adapted for television by Kevin Hood and Neil Biswas from the novel by Tim Pears. It was first ...

'' was made into a ten-part drama series for the

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by Sterling Pictures (with

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), broadcast in 2001. Tim Pears was Writer in Residence at Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 2002–03, and Royal Literary Fund Fellow at

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2006-08 and 2011-12. He has been a Writer in Residence for

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at Larkmead School, Abingdon 2009-14. He has taught creative writing for the Arvon Foundation, Oxford University, and Ruskin College, among others. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Oxford with his wife Hania and two children.

Bibliography

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In the Place of Fallen Leaves ''In the Place of Fallen Leaves'' is Tim Pears's debut novel, published in 1993. It won the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award in 1993 and the Hawthornden Prize in 1994. Inspiration On his website, Tim Pears reveals that the novel is set in the Devon ...

'' (1993) * ''In a Land of Plenty'' (1997) * ''A Revolution of the Sun'' (2000) * ''Wake Up'' (2002) * ''Blenheim Orchard'' (2007) * ''Landed'' (2010) * ''Disputed Land'' (2011) * ''In the Light of Morning'' (2013) * The West Country Trilogy ** ''The Horseman'' (2017) ** ''The Wanderers'' (2018) ** ''The Redeemed'' (2019)

Awards

* 1993

Ruth Hadden Memorial Award The Ruth Hadden Memorial Award is a former award for the best first novel published in Britain, which was administered by the Booktrust. It was awarded in the early 1990s and has now been discontinued. The award was unusual in that the prize was ...

for ''In the Place of Fallen Leaves'' * 1994

Hawthornden Prize The Hawthornden Prize is a British literary award that was established in 1919 by Alice Warrender, who was born at Hawthornden Castle. Authors under the age of 41 are awarded on the quality of their "imaginative literature", which can be written ...

for ''In the Place of Fallen Leaves'' * 1996

Lannan Literary Award The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation. Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional ...

(Fiction) * 2011 Medical Journalists Association Book of the Year for ''Landed'' * 2011

Ondaatje Prize The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is an annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that evokes the "spirit of a place", and is written by someon ...

short list for ''Landed'' * 2012

International Dublin Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...

short list for ''Landed''

References

External links

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