Name Mick Jackson Role Writer | Nominations Man Booker Prize | |
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Interview with mick jackson wildhearts founder at tedxglasgow 2016
Mick Jackson (born 1960) is a British writer from England, best known for his novel The Underground Man (1997). The book, based on the life of William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and for the 1997 Whitbread Award for best first novel.
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- Interview with mick jackson wildhearts founder at tedxglasgow 2016
- Mick jackson on writing the widow s tale
- Overview
- Is social business the evolution of capitalism mick jackson at tedxglasgow
- References
Mick jackson on writing the widow s tale
Overview
Mick Jackson was born in 1960, in Great Harwood, Lancashire, and educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn.
Jackson worked in local theatre, studied theatre arts at Dartington College of Arts, and played in a rock band called The Screaming Abdabs. In 1990, he enrolled in a creative writing course at the University of East Anglia, and began working on The Underground Man. He has been a full-time writer since 1995.
He is best known for his novel The Underground Man (1997), based on the life of William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland. The book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and for the 1997 Whitbread Award for best first novel.
Jackson's other works are the novels Five Boys (2002) The Widow's Tale (2010) and Yuki Chan in Bronte Country (2016), and the short story collections Ten Sorry Tales (2006) and The Bears of England (2009). Under the pseudonym Kirkham Jackson, he wrote the screenplay for the 2004 television film Roman Road. He lives in Brighton.