Ian McGuire
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Ian McGuire (born 1964)[1] is an English author and academic. In 1996 he joined the University of Manchester as a lecturer in American Literature and later lectured in Creative Writing. He was co-director of the Centre for New Writing and is currently a Senior Lecturer.[2]
Ian McGuire | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hull, Yorkshire, UK |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | English |
| Notable works | The North Water |
| Spouse | Married |
| Children | Two |
Career
McGuire is from Hull, East Yorkshire and studied at the University of Manchester. Later he received a MA from the University of Sussex then a Ph.D. in 19th Century American Literature from the University of Virginia.[1] He has published stories in the Paris Review[3] and Chicago Review among others.[2] He has published articles on Walt Whitman, Herman Melville and William Dean Howells, and his sphere of interest is the American realist tradition from 1880s onwards.[1] His biography of Richard Ford, an American short story writer, "... argues that Ford’s work is best understood as a form of pragmatic realism and thus positions him as part of a deeply rooted and ongoing American debate about the nature of realism and pragmatism."[4] His novel The North Water's strength "lies in its well-researched detail and persuasive descriptions of the cold, violence, cruelty and the raw, bloody business of whale-killing."[5]
Personal life
Ian McGuire is married and lives with his wife and two children in Manchester.[6]
Awards
The North Water was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016[7]
The North Water New York Times 10 Best Books of 2016[8]
The North Water Royal Society of Literature Encore Award[9]
Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award[10]
Bibliography
Fiction
- —— (2006). Incredible Bodies. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408882474.
- —— (2016). The North Water. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781250118141.
- —— (2020). The Abstainer. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780593133873.
- —— (2025). White River Crossing. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781398505032.[11]
Non-Fiction
- 2015 Richard Ford and the Ends of Realism, University of Iowa Press
References
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