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Jonathan Tulloch

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Jonathan Tulloch

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Cumbria
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Cumbria → Gateshead → South Africa → Bagby

Career

Occupations
author, naturalist, former teacher, columnist
Active Years
2000-2024
Affiliations
The Times, The Tablet

Awards

Betty Trask Award
2000
Work: The Season Ticket
Result: winner
J.B. Priestley Award
2003
Work: The Lottery
Result: winner
K. Blundell Award
2009
Work: The Lottery
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Season Ticket

2000 novel

A story about two lads obsessed with getting season tickets for Newcastle United.

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Adaptations
  • [film] Purely Belter (2000)
  • [radio drama]

The Lottery

2004 novel

Give Us This Day

2007 novel

Larkinland

2017 novel

Bibliography

  • The Season Ticket (2000, adults)
  • The Bonny Lad (2002, adults)
  • The Lottery (2004, adults)
  • I Am A Cloud, I Can Blow Anywhere (2007, children)
  • Give Us This Day (2007, adults)
  • A Winding Road (2011, adults)
  • Mr McCool (2012, children)
  • Larkinland (2017, adults)
  • Glimpses of Eden (2019)
  • Cuckoo Summer (2022, children)

Legacy

British author and naturalist whose novels depicting everyday life in Newcastle have been adapted into films and won awards. Writes nature features for The Times and The Tablet.

Trivia

  • He has a son.
  • He was the Green Party candidate in Stillington Ward for the 2013 North Yorkshire County Council election, coming second with 17% of the vote.