Edward Hogan Revealed
About Edward Hogan
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What is your birthdate?:1/1
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Previous occupations:grass-strimmer, pot-washer, conservatory salesman, bloke holding the board in Leicester Square, teacher.
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Favorite job:Writing. I liked teaching GCSE re-sits at Richmond College, South London. To quote one of my students, it was live, bruv. Brrraaappp.
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High school and/or college:Ecclesbourne School, Derbyshire.
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:The Smiths, Marvin Gaye, Elliott Smith, Kate Bush.
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Favorite movie:Dead Man's Shoes, Junebug, On the Waterfront, LA Confidential, Moonstruck.
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Favorite television show:Alan Partridge, NYPD Blue, The Wire.
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. I live by the sea with someone nice.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Double your failure rate.
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. Alice Munro, Annie Proulx's short stories, Pat Barker - especially Union Street, Lorrie Moore, Hilary Mantel, Miriam Toews, Janet Frame, Daniel Jeffreys, A.A Milne, Ali Smith.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Close Range - Annie Proulx A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Union Street - Pat Barker The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Brokeback Mountain. I read it once every few months. And 'Walker Brother's Cowboy' by Alice Munro.
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Do it because you love it, read lots, delete solitaire from your computer and avoid white cider.
- Q. How did you come to write Blackmoor?
- A. Well, I had this image of a little kid falling out of a window. I started writing about that in my bedroom about 8 years ago. Things just got out of hand.
