Chris Power
Chris Power | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Occupations | Writer and literary critic |
| Notable credit | The Guardian |
Chris Power is a British writer and literary critic for The Guardian.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Power was born in 1975 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire.[1] He studied English and American literature at Swansea University, graduating in 1998.[2]
He has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.[1]
Power wrote a regular column for The Guardian about the short story as a literary form between 2007 and 2020.[3][4] [1] He has also presented the BBC Radio Four programme Open Book.[1]
He has cited Roberto Bolaño and Denis Johnson as literary influences.[1]
Power's first book of short stories, Mothers: Stories, was published in 2018 in Britain and in 2019 in the United States.[5][6] His first novel, A Lonely Man, was published in April 2021.[7]
Power is married with two daughters and lives in London.[1]
References
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