Jake Arnott

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Jake Arnott
Born (1961-03-11) 11 March 1961 (age 63)
NationalityBritish
EducationAylesbury Grammar School
OccupationNovelist
Notable workThe Long Firm (1999)

Jake Arnott (born 11 March 1961)[1] is a British novelist and dramatist, author of The Long Firm (1999) and six other novels.

Life

Arnott was born in Buckinghamshire. Having left Aylesbury Grammar School at 17, he had various jobs including labourer, mortuary technician, artist's model, theatrical agency assistant, actor both with the Red Ladder Theatre Company in Leeds and appearing as a mummy in the film The Mummy. He lived in squats such as Bonnington Square and came out as bisexual in his twenties.[2][3] In 2005 Arnott was ranked one of Britain's 100 most influential LGBT people.[4]

Works

All of the novels by Arnott are engaged in the excavation of secret histories in the teasing out and restoration of events that have taken place beneath the surface of society.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. 11 March 2014. p. 33.
  2. ^ Adams, Tim (22 April 2001), "Jake's progress" (interview),The Observer. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  3. ^ Johncox, Louise (23 April 2006). "Time & Place: A spliff for the local cop". The Times. London. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ Rainbownetwork.com, (29 June 2005), The Pink List 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
  5. ^ "Fiction in Brief". The Times Literary Supplement. 17 July 2009.
  6. ^ "2005 Baftas". IMDb. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  7. ^ Tony Rocco and Hodder & Stoughton – Press Release Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Lawson, Mark (29 June 2012). "The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott – review". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Kavanagh-Sproull, Patrick (3 April 2014). "Interview: Jake Arnott on writing the 6th Doctor | Doctor Who TV".
  10. ^ "The Visa Affair, Drama on 3". BBC Radio 3. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  11. ^ Chilton, Martin (2 February 2016). "Unseen Joe Orton story The Visa Affair turned into radio play". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  12. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  13. ^ McGlone, Jackie (26 February 2017). "Journey to the underworld: interview with Jake Arnott, author of The Fatal Tree". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  14. ^ Sanderson, Mark (2 March 2017). "The Fatal Tree by Jake Arnott - review". Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

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