Wyl Menmuir

1979–

English writer born in Stockport and raised in nearby Romiley, Greater Manchester. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan University and Newcastle University, and later settled on the north coast of Cornwall, where he lectures in creative writing at Falmouth University. His debut novel, The Many (2016), follows Timothy, an outsider who buys an abandoned house in a remote fishing village whose inhabitants guard a secret. A second novel, Fox Fires, appeared in 2021, followed by the non-fiction books The Draw of the Sea (2023) and The Heart of the Woods (2024). The Many was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.

Timeline of Wyl Menmuir’s life

Works

• The Many (2016)

Prizes

• The Many — The Booker Prize 2016: Longlist