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Stephen Baxter

LiveRead writer profile: Stephen Baxter Feb 10 2011

WORLD-renowned science-fiction writer Stephen Baxter was born in Roby in 1957. He attended St Edward’s College, Liverpool, where he partly set his 2007 novel for young readers, The H-Bomb Girl.Read

Willy Russell

LiveRead writer profile: Willy Russell Feb 28 2011

BORN in Whiston in 1947, Willy Russell made his name with John, Paul, George, Ringo... and Bert, a musical about The Beatles commissioned by the Liverpool Everyman where it ran for a (then) unprecedented eight weeks before transferring to the West End.Read

Jon Mayhew

LiveRead writer profile: Jon Mayhew Feb 28 2011

JON MAYHEW is a man with a dark, cinematic imagination.Read

Fiona Shaw

LiveRead writer profile: Fiona Shaw Feb 23 2011

FIONA SHAW is an award-winning copywriter and publisher, and director of Capsica.Read

Ian Moore

LiveRead writer profile: Ian Moore Feb 23 2011

IAN MOORE is a Sunderland-born, Liverpool-based playwright and theatre director committed to producing imaginative, accessible and on-budget work.Read

Cyran Dorman

LiveRead writer profile: Cyran Dorman Feb 18 2011

INSPIRED by her Grandmother, who regularly had her poetry published in the Liverpool Echo, Liverpool-born writer Cyran Dorman has been writing since she was five.Read

Neil Caple

LiveRead 2010: Brookside, The Bill and Holby City actor Neil Caple Mar 24 2010

Find out more about the theatre and television actor whose favourite parts include Shakespeare's Romeo and Iago.Read

Joe Hill

LiveRead 2010: Find out more about US author and Stephen King's son Joe Hill Mar 18 2010

Joe Hill is the US author of the novel Heart-Shaped Box as well as a collection of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, and an occasional comic book series, Locke & Key.Read

Caroline Smailes

LiveRead 2010: Wirral-based author, blogger and twitterer Caroline Smailes Mar 04 2010

Novelist Caroline Smailes, a graduate of Liverpool University, has gained a wealth of experience within the publishing and literary community.Read

Stephen Done

LiveRead 2010: Author and museum curator Stephen Done Feb 23 2010

Stephen Done is the author of the Inspector Vignoles Mystery books.Read

Alan Bleasdale

LiveRead 2010: Renowned Liverpool writer Alan Bleasdale Feb 22 2010

Alan Bleasdale is an English television dramatist best known for writing several social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people.Read

Frank Cottrell Boyce

LiveRead 2010: Award-winning screenwriter and children's author Frank Cottrell Boyce Feb 22 2010

Frank Cottrell Boyce is an award-winning screenwriter lauded for writing the script for the famous Madchester film 24 Hour Party People, as well as many episodes of Coronation Street and Brookside.Read

Ramsey Campbell

LiveRead 2010: Internationally-acclaimed horror writer Ramsey Campbell Feb 22 2010

Long cited as one of the leading authors in his field, Ramsey Campbell is the internationally acclaimed horror writer hailed as an inspiration to fellow fantasist Stephen King.Read

Fred Lawless

LiveRead 2010: Television, radio and theatre playwright Fred Lawless Feb 22 2010

Fred Lawless is a local playwright who has written scripts for Brookside and Eastenders, as well as radio and theatre plays.Read

BubbleCow

LiveRead 2010: Literary consultancy BubbleCow Feb 22 2010

BubbleCow is a family business founded by novelist Caroline Smailes.Read

Linda Grant

LiveRead 2010: Award-winning novelist, playwright and journalist Linda Grant Feb 19 2010

Linda Grant was born in Liverpool on 15 February 1951, the child of Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants.Read

Martin Edwards

LiveRead 2010: Liverpool-based solicitor and crimewriter Martin Edwards Feb 19 2010

Martin Edwards was born in Knutsford, Cheshire in 1955 and educated in Northwich and at Balliol College, Oxford University, where he achieved a first class honours degree in Law.Read

Jane Costello

LiveRead 2010: Bestselling author of popular fiction Jane Costello Feb 19 2010

Former Liverpool Echo journalist Jane Costello was the Editor of the Liverpool Daily Post until 2007, a job she held for four years, and has also worked for the Daily Mail.Read

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