Nicholas Hogg

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Nicholas Hogg
Born (1974-06-26) 26 June 1974 (age 50)
Leicester, England
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of East London
Genre Fiction, Poetry
Notable works"Zen" (2005)
Tokyo (2015)
Notable awards2005 New Ventures Writing Award
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Nicholas Hogg

Nicholas Hogg (born 26 June 1974) [1] [2] is an English novelist, short story writer and poet from Leicester, His first novel, Show Me the Sky, was published in 2008 and was followed by The Hummingbird and the Bear in 2011 and Tokyo in 2015.

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Hogg also writes poetry and short stories that have been published in various anthologies and journals. An avid cricket enthusiast, he has written articles on the sport. In 2012, he and literary agent Charlie Campbell organized a new incarnation of the Authors Cricket Club for fellow British authors, one hundred years after the original club, which had included Arthur Conan Doyle and J.M. Barrie among its members, had played its last match.

Early life and education

Hogg was born in Leicester, England, and received a degree in psychology from the University of East London. [3]

Writing career

His first novel, "Show Me the Sky", was published in 2008 and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary prize. [4] It centers on the hunt for a missing rock star who left behind only one clue: a page torn from the journal of a 19th-century Fijian missionary. [5] It was reviewed by Publishers Weekly, which said that while some of the narrative strands developed too slowly, the parts of the book centering on the missionary's return to his homeland of Fiji with a group of Englishmen were a standout: "His vivid adventures at sea will remind many of Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket ." [6]

His second novel, "The Hummingbird and the Bear", was published in 2011 and won a K Blundell Trust award. [7]

He published his third novel, "Tokyo", in 2015. It is the story of a psychologist who, after a failed marriage, goes to Japan to find his long-lost love, while his daughter is being stalked by a disturbed cult survivor. [8] It was named one of the "Best Novels of 2015" by The Observer, which called it "an intelligent, gripping and stylish love story set against a beautifully drawn contemporary Japan." [9] Kirkus Reviews said of it: "The father-daughter relationship is touching and real in this atmospheric noir thriller." [10] The novel was adapted for the film Berlin Nobody (2023). [11]

Hogg also writes poetry and short fiction that has been published in various anthologies and journals. His debut poetry collection, "Missing Person" is released with Broken Sleep Books on October 31, 2023. His 2005 short story "Zen", about a father telling his toddler daughter the story of his time in a Japanese jail, won the New Ventures writing award and a £5000 prize. [12] and his short story "Naked" was read by actor Nigel Anthony on BBC Radio 4. [13]

He has written articles on cricket for the website ESPNcricinfo. [14] [15]

Personal life

After graduating from university, Hogg spent years living abroad in Fiji, the United States, and Japan [3] and he later lived in India, as well. [16] He sailed around the world three times as press officer on a Japanese NGO ship, Peace Boat, which promotes peaceful conflict resolution. [17] He was employed in the early 2000s teaching language skills to refugees in London. [12]

In 2012, Hogg and literary agent Charlie Campbell organized a new incarnation of the Authors Cricket Club, which counts among the players on its team, the Authors XI, writers including Sebastian Faulks, Tom Holland, Richard Beard and Anthony McGowan. The original Authors CC, which included members Arthur Conan Doyle and J.M. Barrie, had played its last game exactly one hundred years earlier, in 1912. Hogg serves as vice-captain and is one of the team's regular bowlers. [16] He contributed a chapter titled 'Cricket and Home', in which he recounted growing up obsessed with cricket as a working-class kid in Leicester, to the book that team members collectively wrote about their first season playing together: The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon. [16]

Written works

Novels

Poetry Collections

Selected short stories

Selected poems

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References

  1. ↑ "Nick Hogg". Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Hogg, Nicholas (26 June 2019). "It's that time of year again. When I wonder how the hell did I get here, and who the hell is the England player (batting against a team who've gone for a leg slip rather than a keeper) on this delightful card. #CWC19pic.twitter.com/NtxQ6oaLuj". @nicholas_hogg. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Where I write; writing in longhand makes writing mobile". Scottish Book Trust. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Costello, Isabel (28 January 2016). "Writers on location – Nicholas Hogg on Tokyo". Literary Sofa. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Hogg, Nicholas (2010). Show Me the Sky . Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN   978-1-84767-189-9.
  6. ↑ "Show Me the Sky". Publishers Weekly. 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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  10. ↑ Hickley, Catherine (23 September 2015). "Foreign Influence". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  11. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (27 January 2022). "Eric Bana & Kiernan Shipka To Star In Thriller 'Berlin Nobody' For Scott Free & Augenschein; Protagonist Launches Sales On EFM Hot Pic". Deadline. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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  14. ↑ Hogg, Nicholas (3 March 2015). "The writers who came to play". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  15. ↑ Hogg, Nicholas (18 February 2014). "Tea garlands, spin demons and a seven-wicket haul". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  16. 1 2 3 Authors Cricket Club (2013). The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN   978-1-4088-4045-0.
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