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Jonathan Trigell
Jonathan Trigell was born in 1974 and has lived in Hertfordshire, Manchester, Derby and Stone. In 2002 he completed an MA in creative writing at Manchester University.
He has been a TV extra, an outdoor pursuits instructor and a door to door salesman; plus has worked right across the winter sports industry, from mopping floors and washing dishes to journalism and organising major events.
His first novel, Boy A, won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for best work by an author under 35, and also the Waverton Award, for best first novel of 2004.
Jonathan now lives in Chamonix, where he is writing his third novel, Genesis.
Books by Jonathan Trigell
News and Events
- 'Boy A' - Film Premieres at London Film Festival
- BOY A to be shown on Channel 4
- Your author needs you! Make BOY A the 2008 Book to Talk About
- BOY A is the World Book Day - Book To Talk About
- BOY A is nominated for seven Bafta Awards
- Andrew Garfield wins best actor Bafta for BOY A
- Download a BOY A guide for reading groups here today
- CHAM is shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize
- Jonathan Trigell at the Lyon Noir festival
- Jonathan Trigell on the French literary circuit
- Boy A - Cork Film Festival Screening
- Jonathan Trigell event in Paris
- Jonathan Trigell at the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague
- Jonathan Trigell at Kendal Mountain Festival