Authors

Matthew Hooton grew up on Vancouver Island and obtained a BA in Writing from the University of Victoria. He went on to publish non-fiction in several Canadian newspapers and magazines, before moving to England and completing an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He has read fiction at the Bath Literature Festival, and has worked as an editor and teacher in several cities in South Korea. He now lives with his wife in Victoria, British Columbia.

Matthew’s first novel, Deloume Road, was unanimously awarded the inaugural Greene & Heaton Prize for the best novel to emerge from the Bath Spa MA in Creative Writing, and won the 2010 Guardian Not the Booker prize. He is currently working on his second novel.

For more information please visit www.matthewhooton.com