Amy Mason
Amy Mason (born 17 May 1982) is a British comedian, novelist and theatre maker from Bristol, England. Her debut novel The Other Ida won the 2014 Dundee International Book Prize.[1]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Mason grew up in Poole, Dorset, where she attended Parkstone Grammar School, leaving at the age of 16.[2] She subsequently completed an MPhil in writing at the University of South Wales. Mason is the granddaughter of actor, Lionel Jeffries.
Works
[edit | edit source]She has written and performed two shows, both produced by Bristol Old Vic; Mass[3] and The Islanders.[4] The Islanders was written with Mason's ex-partner, Art Brut singer Eddie Argos and award-winning[5] folk singer-songwriter, Jim Moray. It won the 2013 Ideas Tap Edinburgh Fringe Fund,[6] before being published as a graphic novel by Nasty Little Press.[7] Mason's non-fiction has also appeared in The Guardian.[8] In 2009 Mason's short story 'To the Bridge' was published in the Tindal Street Press anthology Roads Ahead.[9]
Printed works
[edit | edit source]To the Bridge (short story) - Roads Ahead - an anthology (Tindal Street Press, 2009, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
The Islanders (graphic novel) - (Nasty Little Press, 2012, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
The Other Ida (novel) - (Cargo, 2014, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)[10]
Stage plays
[edit | edit source]The Islanders (2012)
Mass (2014)
References
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External links
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