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Gwendoline Riley

グウェンドライン・ライリー

Gwendoline Riley

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1979-01-01 (London)
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
London

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist
Active Years
2002-2024
Affiliations
Royal Society of Literature
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
Nominations
2007 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize shortlist (Joshua Spassky), 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist (First Love), 2017 Gordon Burn Prize shortlist (First Love), 2017 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist (First Love), 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist (First Love), 2017 James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist (First Love), 2022 Folio Prize shortlist (My Phantoms)

Awards

Betty Trask Award
2002
Work: Cold Water
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: winner
Somerset Maugham Award
2008
Work: Joshua Spassky
Result: winner
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
2017
Work: First Love
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cold Water

2002 novel

Joshua Spassky

2007 novel

First Love

2017 novel

My Phantoms

2021 novel

Bibliography

  • Cold Water
  • Sick Notes
  • Tuesday Nights and Wednesday Mornings: A Novella and Stories
  • Joshua Spassky
  • Opposed Positions
  • First Love
  • My Phantoms
  • The Palm House

Legacy

A prominent contemporary British writer recognized for numerous literary awards and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Trivia

  • Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in the '40 Under 40' initiative in 2018.