Dan Rhodes

Dan Rhodes
Born 1972
Residence Buxton, Derbyshire[1]
Education MA in creative writing
Alma mater University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales)
Notable work Timoleon Vieta Come Home (2003)
Website http://danrhodes.co.uk/

Dan Rhodes (born 1972) is an English writer, possibly best known for the novel Timoleon Vieta Come Home (2003), a subversion of the popular Lassie Come Home movie. He is also the author of Anthropology (2000), a collection of 101 stories, each consisting of exactly 101 words. In 2010 he was awarded the E. M. Forster Award.[2]

Following the publication of his second book, Rhodes's frustration with the publishing industry led him to announce his retirement from writing, though he later said, "I haven't really given up. I'm certainly not making any more grand pronouncements. I was just sick of the business and wanted out. Not just the publishers; everyone around me."

Rhodes was included on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list in 2003, to his own bemusement and frustration, partly because of Granta's selection methods ("It's one thing to judge a writer by stuff they've written, but to judge them on stuff they're going to write is lunacy") but also because some of the others on the list failed to respond to his request to sign a joint statement protesting against the Iraq war.[1][3]

As of December 2015, Rhodes's most recent novel is When The Professor Got Stuck in the Snow, a "rural farce" about a visit to an obscure English village by a fictional Richard Dawkins. Rhodes initially self-published the novel in February 2014 stating on his blog that he wanted to get the book out faster than conventional publishing allows, although it soon became apparent that formal publishers were loath to publish the novel for fear of legal action from Professor Richard Dawkins. Rhodes appealed repeatedly to Dawkins, a defender of satire and free speech, for permission to "publish and be damned" but received no response. The novel was published by Aardvark Bureau in October 2015.

Rhodes is married with two children.[1]

Background

Rhodes grew up in Devon,[4] and graduated in Humanities from the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) in 1994, returning in 1997 to complete an MA in Creative Writing.[5] Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love was written at this time. He has held a variety of jobs, including stockroom assistant for Waterstone's, barman in his parents' pub, and a teacher in Ho Chi Minh City. He has also worked on a fruit and vegetable farm.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Guest, Katy. Dan Rhodes: 'Revenge is why I write', The Independent, 7 February 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4777:rhodes-wins-e-m-forster-award&catid=913:prizes&Itemid=94
  3. ↑ Gallix, Andrew. A small but satisfactory kick in Blair's nuts, 3ammagazine.com, July 2003.
  4. ↑ Writer hopes readers give his new book a big hand, thisisderbyshire.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Volume 6 Issue 1 2010 of The Scottish Review of Books
  6. ↑ Evans, Lloyd. A writer's life: Dan Rhodes, The Daily Telegraph, 22 March 2003.
  7. ↑ http://gallicbooks.com/title/when-the-professor-got-stuck-in-the-snow/9781910709016

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