Alison MacLeod
Alison MacLeod was raised in Canada and has lived in England since 1987. She has published two critically acclaimed novels, The Changeling, in 1996 and The Wave Theory of Angels in 2005. Her short stories have been widely published in a variety of literary magazines and collections, and broadcast on the BBC. Her short story collection, Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction, was published by Hamish Hamilton/Penguin in 2007. In 2008, she was the recipient of the Society of Authors’ Olive Cook Award for Short Fiction, while her collection was nominated for the International Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and for ‘The Book to Talk About in 2009’ Award. In addition to her writing, she teaches on the MA programme in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. Her next novel is due to be published by Hamish Hamilton in 2010 and is set in Brighton, where she now lives. For further information about her work, please see www.alison-macleod.com.
Titles
Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction (Hamish Hamilton, 2007)
The Wave Theory of Angels (Hamish Hamilton, 2005)
The Changeling (Macmillan, 1996)