Amy Mason

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Amy Mason (born 17 May 1982) is a British comedian, novelist and theatre maker from Bristol, England. Her debut novel The Other Ida won the 2014 Dundee International Book Prize. [1]

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Early life and education

Mason grew up in Poole, Dorset, where she attended Parkstone Grammar School, leaving at the age of 16. [2] She subsequently completed an MPhil in writing at the University of South Wales. Mason is the granddaughter of actor, Lionel Jeffries.

Works

She has written and performed two shows, both produced by Bristol Old Vic; Mass [3] and The Islanders. [4] The Islanders was written with Mason's ex-partner, Art Brut singer Eddie Argos and award-winning [5] folk singer-songwriter, Jim Moray. It won the 2013 Ideas Tap Edinburgh Fringe Fund, [6] before being published as a graphic novel by Nasty Little Press. [7] Mason's non-fiction has also appeared in The Guardian. [8] In 2009 Mason's short story 'To the Bridge' was published in the Tindal Street Press anthology Roads Ahead. [9]

Printed works

To the Bridge (short story) - Roads Ahead - an anthology (Tindal Street Press, 2009, ISBN   978-1-906994-00-6)

The Islanders (graphic novel) - (Nasty Little Press, 2012, ISBN   978-0-9573000-6-4)

The Other Ida (novel) - (Cargo, 2014, ISBN   1908885246) [10]

Stage plays

The Islanders (2012)

Mass (2014)

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References

  1. ↑ "Amy Mason scoops Dundee International Book Prize award". BBC News . 24 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "If only I'd known..." Idea Tap. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mass at Bristol Old Vic review". Bristol 24/7. 1 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Islanders review, Bristol". Whats On Stage. 18 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 2 folk award winners". BBC news.
  6. ↑ "Ideas Tap Edinburgh Fringe Fund winners". Ideas Tap. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Young Romance and Doomed Vacation: The Islanders review". MTV Geek. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Amy Mason profile". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Roads Ahead Archived May 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Hazelton, Claire (29 November 2014). "The Other Ida by Amy Mason review – a dysfunctional family amid grief". The Guardian .
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