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Maggie Gee

Novelist Maggie Gee was born in Poole, Dorset, and educated at state schools and Somerville College,...

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Kadija George

Kadija George is a literary activist, editor and publisher. Of Sierra Leonean descent, she read West...

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Alan Gibbons

Alan Gibbons was born in 1953 in Warrington, Cheshire, later moving with his family to Crewe. He was...

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Dave Gibbons

Gibbons is a graphic novels writer and illustrator, born in London in 1949. He broke into British co...

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Valerie Gillies

Valerie Gillies is the author of several poetry collections, including The Ringing Rock (1995), The ...

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Chrissie Gittins

Chrissie Gittins’ first poetry collection is Armature (Arc, 2003) – ‘Gittins’s deadpan tone and skew...

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Lesley Glaister

Novelist Lesley Glaister was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England in 1956. She grew up ...

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Victoria Glendinning
Victoria Glendinning

Biographer, critic, broadcaster and novelist Victoria Glendinning was born in Sheffield, England on ...

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John Godber

John Godber was born in West Yorkshire in 1956. He is known mainly for his work in theatre but has a...

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Julia Golding

Julia Golding was born in 1969 and grew up near Epping Forest. She studied English at Cambridge Univ...

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Rebecca Goss

Poet Rebecca Goss grew up in Suffolk and returned to live in the county in 2013. She lived in Liverp...

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Dave Goulson

Dave Goulson is a British biologist, conservationist, and Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour...

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Jon Gower

Jon Gower grew up in Llanelli, Wales and studied English at Cambridge University.A former BBC Wales'...

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Caroline Graham

Caroline Graham was born on 17 July 1931 in Warwickshire, England. She was a factory worker for thre...

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Linda Grant

Linda Grant was born in Liverpool, England in 1951, and read English at the University of York. Her ...

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Richard Perceval Graves

Richard Perceval Graves was born in Brighton in 1945. He studied Modern History at St. John's Colleg...

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Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray describes himself as a 'self-employed verbal and pictorial artist'. He was born in Rid...

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Keith Gray

Keith Gray was born and brought up in Grimsby. At primary school he avoided books thinking they were...

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Lavinia Greenlaw

Poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw was born in London in 1962. She read Modern Arts at Kingston Poly...

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Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tud...

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