Sam Thompson

1978–

British novelist, critic and teacher of literature and creative writing, born in London in 1978. He taught English at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and later settled in Belfast. He has written criticism for the Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books. His second novel, Jott (2018), draws on his grandfather’s friendship with Samuel Beckett and was shortlisted for the Encore Prize, and he has also written children’s novels including Wolfstongue. His debut, Communion Town (2012), a portrait of a city told through ten linked stories in different genres, was longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.

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