Matt Haig
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Matt Haig is a novelist and writer, born in 1975 in Sheffield, UK. He has written for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Face, and has authored eight business books including Brand Failures: The Truth about the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time.
His first novel The Last Family in England tells the story of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with the protagonists as dogs. Similary his second novel, Dead Fathers Club is based on Hamlet, telling the story of an introspective 11-year old dealing with the recent death of his father and the subsequent appearance of his father's ghost.
[edit] External Links
- BBC Leeds interview
- Random House Reading Group Guide for The Last Family In England
- Hamlet, is that you? Guardian Books review of Dead Fathers Club
