Richard Mason (novelist born 1977)
Richard Mason (born 1977) is a British novelist.
Born in Johannesburg, in South Africa, he was ten years old when he moved to England with his parents. He was educated at Eton and New College Oxford. His first novel, The Drowning People, was published during his first year at Oxford, and has since been translated into 22 languages.
He set up the Kay Mason Foundation, in memory of his sister, who died when he was a child. The aim of the foundation is to make the best education available for young people in South Africa. The foundation has the patronage of Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Bibliography
- The Drowning People (May 1, 1999) Grand Central Publishing; 352p., ISBN 9780446525244
- Us (2005) Penguin Books, ISBN 9780140278958
- with Tony Morphet & Sandra Prosalendis Reading Scientific Images: The Iconography of Evolution (January 1, 2007); South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 44p., ISBN 9780796921345
- The Lighted Rooms (2008) Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 400p., ISBN 9780297853190
- Natural Elements (May 6, 2010) Vintage Books, 416p., ISBN 9780307387325
- History of a Pleasure Seeker (2011)
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