About me

Richard Skinner is the author of four novels. The Red Dancer is published by Faber and has been translated into seven languages. A translation of The Velvet Gentleman was shortlisted in France for the Prix Livres & Musiques. For The Darks he was awarded an Arts Council Writers' Award. He has written a writer’s handbook entitled Fiction Writing (Hale). His poetry collection, the light user scheme, will be published in 2013 by Smokestack. For many years, Richard has been an Associate Tutor at Goldsmiths College, London, where he teaches on the MA Creative & Life Writing. He is Director of the Fiction Programme at the Faber Academy and a tutor on its six-month 'Writing a Novel' course.

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