Terence Blacker

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Terence Blacker (born February 5, 1948 near Hadleigh, Suffolk) is an English author, columnist, journalist, and publisher.[1][2] He is the son of General Sir Cecil Hugh Blacker, and the brother of sculptor Philip Blacker.[3]

Blacker was educated in Wellington College, Berkshire, England and Trinity College, Cambridge University.[4]

Blacker began his working life in horse-racing and as an amateur jockey.[5] Subseqyently he worked in publishing for 10 years during the 1970s and 1980s [6] where he was responsible for overseeing the publication of works by Jerzy Kosinski.[7]

Blacker became a full-time writer in 1983 and has written childrens books and mysteries for adults. His first children's book If I Could Work was published in 1987 and his first adult novel, FIXX, won critical acclaim and was described by The Guardian as a "tour de force". He is an active member of English PEN, and is also an EAW member.

He writes a weekly column for The Independent newspaper and writes the "Endpaper" for The Author. For many years, he wrote the "Harvey Porlock" column in The Sunday Times, as well as a column about the book business for Publishing News.[8]

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