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词条 Stephen May (novelist)
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  1. Biography

  2. Bibliography

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  3. References

{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}Stephen May (born 1964) is a British novelist, playwright and TV writer.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Born in 1964, May grew up in Bedford and was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Essex.[2][5][6][7]

After university, May was variously a barman, warehouseman, museum attendant, television writer and teacher.[1] He had his first child while still at college after which he spent several years of struggle to support his family.[1] This period of his life ‘largely informs his writing, and permeates through his first novel’ TAG which was on the 2009 Wales Book of the Year Long List.[1] The book also won the Media Wales Peoples Choice award.

May's second novel, Life! Death! Prizes! was published in 2012 and shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Book Awards.[2][8] The novel is narrated by Billy, a mixed-up teenager, struggling to raise his little brother after the death of their mother.[2][9] It earned May comparisons to Dave Eggers and J.D. Salinger.[2]

In 2014, May published his latest novel, Wake Up Happy Every Day.[2][10] The Independent on Sunday's review of the book stated: “He riffs entertainingly on failure … Talk of misspent youth, assassins and obstreperous protagonists belies the emotional core which makes May's books moving”.[11]

Interviewed by The Independent in 2014, May commented: “This country’s spirit is in places like Bedford, where I grew up, Kettering and Ipswich. The type of men I write about live outside big cities, lack self-confidence and rarely feature in contemporary fiction. Even Nick Hornby's characters are more sorted than mine."[2]

In 2016 it was announced that Sandstone Press will publish his fourth novel Stronger Than Skin in spring 2017.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Wake Up Happy Every Day. Published by Bloomsbury, New York City, 2014[12][13]
  • Life! Death! Prizes! Published by Bloomsbury, London, 2012[13][14]
  • TAG. Published by Cinnamon Press, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2008[13][15]

Plays

  • The Reverse Is Also True (2015)[16]
  • The Valuation (2011)[16]
  • Ven Y Va (2010)[16]
  • Still Waiting For Everything (2005)[16]
  • Back The World (2003)[16]

Textbooks

  • Get Started in Creative Writing. Published by Hodder & Staughton, London, 2014[17]
  • Write A Novel And Get It Published. Published by Teach Yourself, London, 2012[18]

References

1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/133394/desc/may-stephen/|title=MAY, STEPHEN - List of Writers|publisher=literaturewales.org|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/stephen-may-my-stories-say-things-that-are-not-being-said-9193276.html|title=Stephen May: 'My stories say things that are not being said'|work=The Independent|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sdmay.com/index.htm|title=Stephen May|publisher=sdmay.com|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
4. ^http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/stephen-may/
5. ^Eagle News, Vol 5 No 4 (Issue 105) May 2012, p.115
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Stephen-May/author/|title=Stephen May: , and a List of Books by Author Stephen May|publisher=paperbackswap.com|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
7. ^https://obms.bedmod.co.uk/design/pdfs/Eagle%20News%200512.pdf
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/18/life-death-prizes-may-review|title=Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May – review|author=Shena Mackay|work=The Guardian|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephen-may/life-death-prizes/|title=LIFE! DEATH! PRIZES!|author=Stephen May|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
10. ^https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/25/books/stephen-mays-wake-up-happy-every-day-and-more.html?_r=0
11. ^http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wake-up-happy-every-day-9781408840740/
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/wake-up-happy-every-day/oclc/870517070&referer=brief_results|title=Wake up happy every day|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
13. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.sdmay.com/books.htm|title=Stephen May|publisher=sdmay.com|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/life-death-prizes/oclc/823892395?referer=di&ht=edition|title=Life! Death! Prizes!|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/tag/oclc/233788923&referer=brief_results|title=TAG|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
16. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.sdmay.com/plays.htm|title=Stephen May|publisher=sdmay.com|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/get-started-in-creative-writing/oclc/898376961&referer=brief_results|title=Get started in creative writing|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/write-a-novel-and-get-it-published/oclc/827950756&referer=brief_results|title=Write a novel and get it published|publisher=worldcat.org|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
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