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Our authors are as diverse as our books – as well as publishing winners of the Orange Prize for Fiction (Lionel Shriver); the Nobel Prize for Literature (Elfriede Jelinek, Kenzaburo Oe); the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (Jonathan Trigell), we also publish debut novelists, voices in translation, outsider fiction and non-fiction writers.
Walter Mosley, Neil Bartlett, David Toop, Derek Raymond, Stella Duffy, David Goodis – just a few of the stellar names who consider themselves Serpent’s Tail authors.
Melissa P.
Melissa Panarello was born in Sicily in 1985 and now lives in Rome. Her teenage diaries formed the basis of One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed, the book that scandalised Europe. ... read more
David Peace
David Peace grew up in Yorkshire in the ‘70’s and vividly remembers listening to the hoax tape of the Yorkshire Ripper on his way home from school. He was selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 2003. He lives in Japan.
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Anne Peile
Anne Peile was born in London; she has lived in the South West and Belfast and worked as a cook, writing emails for the BBC and in educational support. She works for a London bookstore.... read more
George P. Pelecanos
George P. Pelecanos is the author of eleven crime novels including the ‘Nick Stefanos Trilogy’ and the ‘Washington DC Quartet’. Hell to Pay won the best novel of The Gumshoe Awards 2002. King Suckerman was shortlisted for the 1998 Crime Writers’ Association Golden Dagger Award. As an independent film producer, George Pelecanos has hand... read more
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. He grew up in Durban, South Africa, where his stepfather was Portuguese consul. He returned to Lisbon in 1905 and worked as a clerk in an import-export company until his death in 1935.
Most of Pessoa’s writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book...
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Tim Phillips
Tim Phillips is a journalist and broadcaster who has written for The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, The Observer, the Wall Street Journal Europe, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express among others. He is the author of several books, including Knockoff: the Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods read more
Ted Polhemus
Ted Polhemus is a journalist and photographer. He is a widely-used consultant on youth marketing and style trends and is the author of Bodystyles, Streetstyle, Fashion & Anti-Fashion and Popstyles.
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Dorothy Porter
Dorothy Porter has established an international reputation as one of Australia’s most exciting and innovative writers. Born in Sydney in 1954, she graduated from Sydney University in 1975, the same year as her first volume of poetry, Little Hoodlum, was published. Attaining a Diploma of Education, she supported her writing by part-time teaching f... read more
Joy Press
Joy Press is a freelance writer and co-author of The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock'N'Roll (along with husband Simon Reynolds). She has contributed to the Village Voice, Seattle Weekly, and Slate.com. In 2003, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awarded her second place for Arts Criticism. Press has written extensively on gender.... read more
Kate Pullinger
Kate Pullinger was born in Canada, and moved to London in 1982 where she still lives. She is the author of Tiny Lies, a collection of short stories, and the novels When the Monster Dies and Weird Sister. She collaborated with Jane Campion on the novel of the film The Piano, and has written for film, television and radio. She is currently lecturer i... read more
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