Robert Edric

Manuscript from the Robert Edric Archive, University of East Anglia

Robert Edric (born 1956) is the pseudonym of Gary Edric Armitage, a British novelist born in Sheffield. Nick Rennison has suggested that Edric might be "the finest and most adventurous writer of historical fiction of his generation".^[1]

His trilogy of detective novels, Cradle Song, Siren Song, and Swan Song, also known as the "Song Cycle," are set in the city of Hull.

Works

• Winter Garden (1985) – winner, 1985 James Tait Black Award
• A New Ice Age (1986) – runner up, 1986 Guardian Fiction Award
• A Lunar Eclipse (1989)
• In The Days of the American Museum (1990)
• The Broken Lands (1992)
• Hallowed Ground (1993)
• The Earth Made of Glass (1994)
• Elysium (1995)
• In Desolate Heaven (1997)
• The Sword Cabinet (1999)
• The Book of the Heathen (2000)
• Peacetime (2002) – long listed, 2002 Man Booker Prize
• Cradle Song (2003)
• Siren Song (2004)
• Swan Song (2005)
• The Mermaids (2006)
• Gathering the Water (2006) – long listed, 2006 Man Booker Prize
• The Kingdom of Ashes (2007)
• In Zodiac Light (2008)
• Salvage (2010)
• The Lives of the Savages (2010)
• The London Satyr (2011)
• The Devil's Beat (2012)
• The Monster's Lament (2013)
• Sanctuary (2014)

References

External links

• Telegraph Arts article, July 2003
• Guardian article, June 2006
• Robert Edric Archive, University of East Anglia