Barry Hines

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Barry Hines (b 1939) is a British author who has written several popular novels and television scripts. Born in Hoyland Common near Barnsley, England, Barry Hines first worked in surveying and played football. He then took a teaching qualification in Loughborough and taught Physical Education for several years before becoming a full-time author.

His most notable achievement is the novel A Kestrel for a Knave, which was later made into the film Kes by the director Ken Loach, which Hines also adapted the script from the novel. The story is that of a troubled schoolboy living in a poor mining town in the North of England and who finds comfort in looking after a pet kestrel named Kes. He also wrote the script for Threads, a horrifying drama looking at the effects of nuclear war.

He also received a BAFTA for the script of Threads and has been made an Honorary Fellow of Sheffield Hallam University.

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