Tim Pears

Tim Pears (born 15 November 1956) is an English novelist. His novels explore social issues as they are processed through the dynamics of family relationships.

Biography

Although born in Tunbridge Wells in Kent,[1] Tim Pears grew up in the village of Trusham on the edge of Dartmoor where his father was the rector.[2][3] He left school at sixteen and worked in a wide variety of jobs: farm labourer, nurse in a mental hospital, painter and decorator, college night porter and many others. He also made short films, and in 1993 graduated from the Direction course at the National Film and Television School.[4] He wrote the script for a feature film, Loop, produced by Michael Riley at Sterling Pictures released in 1999.

He has had several features published in the Observer Sport Monthly magazine.

In a Land of Plenty was made into a ten-part drama series for the BBC by Sterling Pictures (with TalkBack Productions), broadcast in 2001.[5]

Tim Pears was Writer in Residence at Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 2002–03, and Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Oxford Brookes University 2006-08 and 2011-12. He has been a Writer in Residence for First Story at Larkmead School in Abingdon, 2009-14. He has taught creative writing for the Arvon Foundation, Oxford University, and Ruskin College, among others. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[6]

He lives in Oxford with his wife Hania and two children.

Bibliography

  • In the Place of Fallen Leaves (1993) ISBN 0-7475-7836-2
  • In a Land of Plenty (1997) ISBN 0-552-99718-8
  • A Revolution of the Sun (2000) ISBN 0-552-99862-1
  • Wake Up (2002) ISBN 0-7475-6153-2
  • Blenheim Orchard (2007) ISBN 978-0-7475-8695-1
  • Landed (2010) ISBN 978-0-434-02007-2
  • Disputed Land (2011) ISBN 978-0-434-02081-2
  • In the Light of Morning (2013) ISBN 978-0-434-02274-8
  • The West Country Trilogy
  • Run to the Western Shore (2023) ISBN 978-1-8007-5297-9

Awards

References

  1. ^ Tim Pears Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Richard Lea (18 March 2010). "Tim Pears's 'small acts of resistance' | Books | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Authors Celebrate Club Anniversary - express echo - October 06, 2010 - Id. 222544379 - vLex". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  4. ^ British Council. "Tim Pears | British Council Literature". Literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  5. ^ Reeves, Sian; Pugh, Robert; Dingwall, Shaun; Monaghan, Hazel (10 January 2001), In a Land of Plenty, retrieved 21 February 2017
  6. ^ "Current Fellows of the Royal Society for Literature".
  7. ^ "Ruskin / Staff / Tim Pears". Ruskin.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Tim Pears". Amheath.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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