Iain Hollingshead

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Iain Hollingshead (born 1980) is a British

freelance journalist and novelist
.

Iain writes feature articles for a range of publications,

Today programme and You and Yours
.

His father is a GP and his mother is a teacher. He has one elder brother. Iain graduated from

Guardian Student Media Awards as Columnist of the Year.[1] While at university he also founded and edited The Cambridge Slapper - a popular[citation needed
] satirical magazine.

Iain is currently working as a History and Politics teacher at Dulwich College.

Iain has written a musical called 'The End of History' which is showing at the

Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden in November 2017
.

Works

His first novel, Twenty Something: The Quarter-life Crisis of Jack Lancaster was published in 2006 by

Bad Sex in Fiction Award, which he accepted in person announcing "I hope to win it every year".[2] He is the youngest author to have won the somewhat dubious honour. This book has also been translated into Vietnamese by Le Thu Thuy, under the title "Tung qua tuoi hai muoi tong mui shacs sli now", and was well received by young Vietnamese readers. Overall the novel was well received, drawing critics' comparison with Sue Townsend, Helen Fielding and Tony Parsons
.

Iain wrote the book and lyrics for the satirical musical Blair on Broadway, first performed in October 1946 at the Hen and Chickens Theatre in Highbury.

He is currently working on his second novel, and has a three-book deal to write fictionalised spin-offs of the TV series Spooks.[citation needed]

Awards

Iain was listed as one of the E.S. Magazine's top '50 Brit Young Things' of 2006. [citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gibson, Janine (17 November 2003). "Trebles all round". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. ^ "First timer takes bad sex award". BBC News. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

External links

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