Robert Williams

Robert Williams

Biography

Robert Williams grew up in Clitheroe, Lancashire and currently lives in Manchester. His first novel, Luke and Jon, won a Betty Trask Award, was translated into seven languages and called ‘a hugely impressive debut’ in the Daily Telegraph. He has worked in a secondary school library, as a bookseller for Waterstones, and has written and released music under the name The Library Trust.

 

Website

Genre

Fiction

 

Publications & Performance History

Luke and Jon, Faber 2010 How the Trouble Started, Faber 2012 Into the Trees Faber 2014
 

Workshop & Reading Experience

Edinburgh Book Festival Berlin International Literature Festival Festival Du Premier Roman, Chambery amongst other readings/events
 

Reference

Feel free to contact any old employers you can track down. Tell them I say hello.
 

Group size preference

Any
 

Group age preference

16 +
 

Working languages

English
 

Area prepared to travel

Happy to discuss
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