Edward Platt (born 1968) is an English writer.
Edward Platt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Chelmsford, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Notable awards | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (2000) Somerset Maugham Award (2001) |
Platt won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award for his 2000 book Leadville, about the Western Avenue section of the A40 road in London.[1]
Platt was born in Chelmsford, Essex, and grew up in Hampshire, Northumberland, and the Wirral. Since 1992, he has lived in London.
His second book, The City of Abraham, published in 2012, is about the West Bank city of Hebron.
He was a book reviewer and feature writer between 1995 and 2007 for several national newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Express, The Sunday Times and The Guardian, Evening Standard, Financial Times, and Independent on Sunday. He contributed to the Big Issue magazine between 1993 and 2000.
Bibliography
edit- Leadville (2000)
- The City of Abraham (Picador, 2012)
References
edit- ^ "Previous winners of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize". Book Trust. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2016.