Richard House

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Richard House is an author, film maker, and artist. He was born in Cyprus. [1]

His first novel, Bruiser, was short-listed for the Ferro-Grumley Gay Fiction Award in 1998. [2] His latest novel, The Kills , was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. [3]

From 1988 to 2008, Richard was part of an art collaborative called Haha, along with Wendy Jacob, A. Laurie Palmer, and John Ploof. [4] [5]

He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed his PhD in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2009. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham. [6]

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