Martyn Bedford (born 1959) is a British novelist and literary critic.

Life and career

He is an alumnus of the University of East Anglia.[1]

The first twelve years of Martyn Bedford's writing career were spent as a journalist on regional newspapers. His initial book Acts of Revision won the Yorkshire Post “Best First Work” Award.[2] He later became the director of the novel writing programme at the University of Manchester, and is fiction critic for the Literary Review.[3] Currently, Bedford teaches the Creative Writing module at Leeds Trinity University.[4]

In 2008–10, he was Academic Writer-in-Residence, Royal Literary Fund Fellow.[1] Bedford lives in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, with his wife and two daughters.

Awards and honours

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Martyn Bedford". The Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Books Outloud - Video - Yorkshire Post". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Authors". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Martyn Bedford - Leeds Trinity University". research.leedstrinity.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

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