Sam North

Sam North (born 30 August 1960) is a British novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer in creative writing at the University of Exeter.^[1]

Sam North
Born	(1960-08-30) 30 August 1960 (age 65) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Novelist, screenwriter, lecturer
Awards	Somerset Maugham Prize

Early life

North was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom. He left school at 16 and worked as a groom, a motorcycle messenger, a runner on film sets, and on building sites.^[2]

Career

North's first novel, The Automatic Man, won the Somerset Maugham Prize. His 2004 novel, The Unnumbered, was longlisted for the Booker Prize.^[3] North has written two books about writing, Five Analogies for Fiction Writing and The Instinctive Screenplay. He works as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Exeter.^[4]

Works

• The Automatic Man (1989)
• The Unnumbered (2004)
• Five Analogies for Fiction Writing (2014)
• The Instinctive Screenplay (2017)