Lisa Blower

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Lisa Blower
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • novelist
  • lecturer
Notable works
  • Sitting Ducks (2016)
  • It’s Gone Dark over Bill’s Mother’s (2019)
Notable awardsArnold Bennett Book Prize (2020)
Website
www.lisablower.co.uk

Lisa Blower is a British writer who won the Arnold Bennett Book Prize in 2020 for her short story collection It's Gone Dark over Bill's Mother's.

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Early life

Blower grew up in Stoke-on-Trent. [1]

Career

Blower is a creative writing lecturer at Keele University.

In 2009, her short story Broken Crockery won the Guardian Weekend's summer short fiction special. [2] She was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award for her story Barmouth in 2013. [3] [4]

Her debut novel, Sitting Ducks, was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the Arnold Bennett Book Prize in 2017. [5] Blower's debut short story collection, It's Gone Dark over Bill's Mother's, published in 2019 is set in Stoke-on-Trent. [6] It won the Arnold Bennett Book Prize and was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize in 2020. [7] [8] Blower published the novel Pondweed in 2020. [9] i

References

  1. ↑ Waal, Kit de (2018-02-10). "Kit de Waal: 'Make room for working class writers'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  2. ↑ Northedge, Charlotte (2009-07-31). "Brief encounters: our summer short fiction special". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  3. ↑ Bury, Liz (2013-10-09). "Sarah Hall's tale of woman who turns into a fox wins BBC short story award". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  4. ↑ Bury, Liz (2013-09-20). "All-woman shortlist for BBC short story award 2013". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  5. ↑ Amphlett, Jenny (2017-08-10). "Arnold Bennett Book Prize finalists announced". Stoke on Trent Live. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  6. ↑ Hudson, Kerry (2019-05-17). "True grit: Kerry Hudson on books that show real working-class life". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Arnold Bennett Book Prize 2020 winners announced!". Myriad. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  8. ↑ "O'Callaghan longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  9. ↑ "Books: Five new books to read this week". The Herald. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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