Wyl Menmuir (born 1979) is a British novelist, best known for his debut novel,
''The Many'', which was longlisted for the
Man Booker Prize
The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...
in 2016. He was born in
Stockport
Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here.
Most of the town is within ...
, in
Greater Manchester
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, and grew up in nearby
Romiley
Romiley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it borders Marple, Bredbury and Woodley. At the 2011 census, the Romiley ward, which includes Compstall, Bredbury Green an ...
. He was educated at
Marple Hall School
Marple Hall School is a secondary school located in Marple, Greater Manchester.
Admissions
The headteacher is Joseph Barker. The school is situated just off the Stockport Road (A626) on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, near the River Goyt ...
,
Ridge Danyers College, the
University of Newcastle and
Manchester Metropolitan University
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. He now lives on the north coast of
Cornwall
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.
Works
*
''The Many'' (2016)
[
* '' In Dark Places'' (2017)
* '']Fox Fires
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Twelv ...
'' (2021)
References
External links
Wyl Menmuir web site
Living people
1979 births
21st-century English novelists
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