Eleanor Thom
Eleanor Thom | |
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| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) London, England |
| Alma mater | University College London University of Glasgow University of the West of Scotland |
| Notable works | The Tin-Kin |
| Notable awards | Scottish First Book of the Year |
| Children | Oona Dooks |
| Website | |
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Eleanor Thom (born 1979 in London)[1] is a British writer. She won the 2006 New Writing Ventures competition with 'Burns', a chapter from her first novel The Tin-Kin.[2] The book recalls experiences of her mother's family who were Scottish Travellers and settled in Elgin between 1920 and 1950. In 2009 The Tin-Kin won the Scottish First Book of the Year,[3] and was shortlisted for the Not the Booker Prize.[4]
In 2008, Thom was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship to begin work on a second novel. Her second novel, Connective Tissue, was published in 2023.[5]
In 2025, Thom and her daughter Oona Dooks were awarded the inaugural Sustainable Story Award by World of Books for Sea Legs, "a co-written memoir exploring interdependence, disabled whales, and our relationship with the marine environment."[6]
Education
[edit | edit source]Thom studied Linguistics, French and Italian at University College London[7] and has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow.[1] In 2018 she completed a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of the West of Scotland.[8]
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