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Francesca Rhydderch c Keith Morris
Francesca Rhydderch

Francesca Rhydderch was born in Aberystwyth.Following completion of a PhD on Virginia Woolf and Kate...

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Ben Rice

Ben Rice was born in Devon in 1972. He studied English at the universities of Newcastle and Oxford b...

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Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley is an artist, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He was born in London and studie...

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Denise Riley c Denise Riley
Denise Riley

Dr Denise Riley was born in 1948 in Carlisle. She is Professor of the History of Ideas and of Poetry...

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Gwendoline Riley

Gwendoline Riley was born in London in 1979, and grew up on the Wirral. She studied English at Manch...

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Maurice Riordan credit Derek Adams
Maurice Riordan

Maurice Riordan was born in Lisgoold, County Cork, in 1953, and is a teacher, poet and editor. He is...

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Michele Roberts c Viv Pegram
Michèle Roberts

Novelist and poet Michèle Roberts was born in Hertfordshire, England, on 20 May 1949 to a French Cat...

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Michael Symmons Roberts

Michael Symmons Roberts was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1963. He read Philosophy and Theology at...

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William Owen Roberts

William Owen Roberts was born in 1960 in Bangor, North Wales. He attended the University of Wales fr...

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Robin Robertson

Robin Robertson is from the north-east coast of Scotland.He is the author of four collections of poe...

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James Robertson 2010 credit Marianne Mitchelson
James Robertson

James Robertson is a poet, novelist, short story writer and editor who writes in English and Scots. ...

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Roger Robinson

Roger Robinson is a writer and performer who lives between London and Trinidad. He has performed wor...

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Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson is a British crime writer based in Canada. He was born in Yorkshire and studied at th...

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Monique Roffey

Monique Roffey is an award winning Trinidadian-born British writer. She has written four novels and ...

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Jane Rogers c Sarah Eyre
Jane Rogers

Jane Rogers was born in London on 21 July 1952. She was educated at New Hall, Cambridge, and Leicest...

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Stephen Romer

Stephen Romer was born in Hertfordshire in 1957, and is a lecturer at the University of Tours in Fra...

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Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson is a nonfiction author, documentary maker and screenwriter. His books, Them: Adventures W...

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Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney was born in 1991 in Castlebar, County Mayo. She holds degrees in English and American L...

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Dilys Rose

Dilys Rose was born in Glasgow in 1954 and took a degree at Edinburgh University. She has held three...

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Michael Rosen

Prolific children's writer, Michael Rosen, was born in Middlesex in 1946 and studied English Languag...

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