Stephen Clarke (writer)
Stephen Clarke | |
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St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England | |
Occupation | Writer; author |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Novels, non-fiction |
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Stephen Clarke (born 15 October 1958) is a British author.[1] He writes mainly about France.[2] He published six novels featuring a British protagonist named Paul West.[3][4][5][6]
Career
Before writing books, Clarke wrote comedy sketches for
Works
On 1 April 2004 Clarke successfully
The sequel
Stephen Clarke's second non-fiction offering, 1000 Years of Annoying the French,[13] was published in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2010. It concentrates on conflicts between the French and the English over the past ten centuries,[14] In Amazon.co.uk's bestseller lists, at one point the book was simultaneously at number 4 in the history chart and number one in humour.
Bibliography
Fiction
The 'Merde' Series
- A Year in the Merde European Countries (2004)
- Merde Actually (2005) - Known as In the Merde for Love in the USA.
- Merde Happens A roadtrip across Americas (2007)
- Dial M for Merde Based in the South of France (2008)
- The Merde Factor Paul West's Parisian update (2012)
- Merde in Europe Paul West's is One Brit in Brussels (2016)
Stand-alone
- A Brief History of the Future (2011) What if teleportation was really possible? Englishman Richie Fisher is about to find out...
Non-fiction
- Talk to the Snail (2006) An ironical survival guide to the French way of life.
- 1000 Years of Annoying the French (2010) A satirical version of British-French history.
- Paris Revealed - The Secret Life of a City (2011) A behind the scenes look of Paris.
- Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France (2014) A biography of Edward VII
- How the French Won Waterloo (or think they did) (2016) A look at the French attitude to Waterloo
- The French Revolution and What Went Wrong (2018)
References
- ^ "Stephen Clarke". Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "J'adore vivre en France, parce que, ici, on travaille pour vivre, et pas le contraire". Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Inspired partly by the culture shock on his arrival in Paris in September 2002". Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "What I love... about the French". Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "... décrit le pays sans complaisance, par les yeux d'un Britannique qui débarque sur l'étrange planète France et cherche à y survivre". Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "As long as you can speak some French, the Parisians think you're a cross between David Beckham and Hugh Grant". Retrieved 11 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Stephen Clarke is a British journalist who has written comedy sketches for the BBC". Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "A Year in the Merde, originally became a word-of-mouth hit in Paris in 2004". Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "L'intrigue n'est finalement que secondaire car ce qui ressort particulièrement du livre, c'est l'humour typiquement anglais de l'auteur". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ "I concentrate mostly on fish out of water stories, because that's what I am". Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Surviving as an international creative person". Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Merde happens". Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Stephen Clarke, author of the bestselling 1000 Years of Annoying the French". Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Which clichés about the British and the French need to be eradicted?". Retrieved 11 April 2011.
External links
- Stephen Clarke's official website.
- Lanie Goodman: "Merde Turns to Gold", The Guardian (29 June 2004). The first newspaper article about Stephen in the British national press.
- Stephen Clarke Interview: 1,000 years of annoying the French
- Stephen Clarke Interview: Paris Revealed - The Secret Life of a City