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Maurice Leitch


Ireland (b.1933)

Maurice Leitch was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1969 for his novel Liberty Lad, and he was awarded the Whitbread Prize in 1981 for his novel Silver's City.He moved to London to become a producer in the BBC's radio drama department. In 1977, he became Editor of A Book at Bedtime on Radio Four until leaving in 1989 to write full-time.
 
 
Novels
   The Liberty Lad (1965)
   Poor Lazarus (1969)
   Stamping Ground (1975)
   Silver's City (1981)
   Burning Bridges (1989)
   Gilchrist (1994)
   The Smoke King (1998)
   The Eggman's Apprentice (2001)
   Tell Me About it (2007)
   Seeking Mr Hare (2013)
   Gone to Earth (2019)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Chinese Whispers (1987)
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Anthologies containing stories by Maurice Leitch

Awards
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1981) : Silver's City


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