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John Caine (born in Salford, Lancashire, England) is an author [1] and playwright who was appointed MBE in 1987 for his services to theatre.
Caine was educated at Salford Grammar School.[ citation needed ]
After national service as Lieutenant[ clarification needed ] in Malaya, Caine returned to Manchester where he became writer-in-residence and then Chairman of Trustees of the Salford Playhouse before moving to London.[ citation needed ]
His first novel A Nest of Singing Birds was awarded the prestigious Litchfield Prize.[ clarification needed ] He has written plays for stage, radio and television, including Mister Lowry [2] staged by the Bristol Old Vic and On the Knocker, a play for radio and winner of an LBC Radio Drama Award.[ citation needed ]
A journalist and broadcaster, Caine writes for national newspapers, and broadcasts regularly as London correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada.[ citation needed ]
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and lives in London with his second wife, Carole. [3] He has two children from his first marriage to Irene, Jonathan (b. 1962), who is a music manager and Naomi (b. 1964) who is a freelance writer and journalist.[ citation needed ]