Will Eaves

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Will Eaves
Born1967
Bath, Somerset
OccupationWriter, poet, professor
NationalityBritish
Education Beechen Cliff School
Alma mater King's College, Cambridge
GenreFiction, short stories, science
Notable awards Wellcome Book Prize

Will Eaves (born 1967) is a British writer, poet and professor at the University of Warwick. [1]

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Early life

Eaves was born in Bath, Somerset. [2] [3] He was educated at Beechen Cliff School before going up to King's College, Cambridge to read English. [4] [5]

Career

Will Eaves was the Arts Editor at The Times Literary Supplement from 1995 to 2011. [6] His most recent novel Murmur – a book about the inner workings of Alan Turing – brought him much critical acclaim. [7] [8] For Murmur, Eaves was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and won the Wellcome Book Prize. [9] [10] It was only the third novel to win the award for science-related writing. [11] [12]

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  5. ↑ "Will Eaves – Comma Press". commapress.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "The TLS Interview: Twenty Questions with Will Eaves". TheTLS. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Thomas-Corr, Johanna (24 May 2019). "Murmur by Will Eaves review – cracking the Turing code". The Times. ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Alan Turing's shroud | Review: Murmur by Will Eaves". TheTLS. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Will Eaves's experimental novel Murmur attempts to delve inside the mind of Alan Turing". New Statesman. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Turing-inspired novel wins Wellcome Prize". 1 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  11. ↑ Flood, Alison (1 May 2019). "Will Eaves wins Wellcome book prize for fictionalised take on Alan Turing". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Will Eaves wins Wellcome Book Prize 2019 | Wellcome Book Prize". wellcomebookprize.org. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  13. ↑ Jordan, Justine (30 March 2001). "Review: The Oversight by Will Eaves". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  14. ↑ Hickling, Alfred (17 June 2005). "Review: Nothing to Be Afraid Of by Will Eaves". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  15. ↑ Jays, David (22 May 2005). "Observer review: Nothing to be Afraid Of by Will Eaves". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "Small Hours : Will Eaves : 9780955405204". bookdepository.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  17. ↑ "Sound Houses". goodreads.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  18. ↑ Lively, Penelope (10 February 2012). "This Is Paradise by Will Eaves – review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  19. ↑ Day, Elizabeth (19 February 2012). "This Is Paradise by Will Eaves – review". The Observer. ISSN   0029-7712 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  20. ↑ Lezard, Nicholas (11 February 2014). "The Absent Therapist by Will Eaves – review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  21. ↑ "The Inevitable Gift Shop: a memoir by other means by Will Eaves". Lonesome Reader. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  22. ↑ "CB editions – publisher of new writing – Eaves2". cbeditions.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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