Mick Jackson
Novelist, Radio/tv/screenwriter
About
Mick Jackson writes fiction and screenplays. His first novel The Underground Man (Faber, 1997) was shortlisted for the Booker prize and won the Royal Society of Authors’ first novel award. He has since published two novels, Five Boys (Faber, 2001) and The Widow’s Tale (Faber, 2010), as well as two ‘curiosities’, Ten Sorry Tales (Faber, 2005) and Bears of England (Faber, 2009), both illustrated by David Roberts.
Between 2011 and 2012 he was the writer-in-residence at the Science Museum. To coincide with this, Faber published Junior Science, an ebook of three short stories. He has also written and directed short films, documentaries and single dramas, including Silvering Up (BBC2, 1997) and Roman Road (ITV, 2004). In 2007 Luis Cook of Aardman Films adapted The Pearce Sisters from Ten Sorry Tales, which won the Bafta for best short animation.
More from Mick Jackson
How I Write, part 4
In ‘How I Write’, RLF writers discuss their favourite places to work. In this installment of ‘How I Write’, we…
Mick Jackson
Mick Jackson speaks with James McConnachie about MAs, conscious vs. unconscious, and his writing diversity. Mick Jackson speaks with James…
Kathleen Jones & Mick Jackson
Kathleen Jones explains how a successful book nearly destroyed her career, and Mick Jackson explores the strange time dilation of…
My Favourite Author, part 1
Four RLF writers describe their favourite authors. Hugh Thomson, Pascale Petit, Mick Jackson and Jane Feaver each describe their favourite…
Mick Jackson – Why I Write
One way or another I’ve always contrived to do some writing; it’s become a habit.
Mick Jackson
Novelist, Radio/tv/screenwriter
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- University of Southampton, 2015–2016
- University of Sussex, 2012–2014