Matthew Skelton is the author
of “Endymion
Spring”. He was born in Southampton in 1971, but he spent most of his
childhood from the age of 4 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Matthew Skelton
graduated with a BA and an MA in English from the University of Alberta. He
first started writing while working as a teaching assistant at the University
of Mainz (which no doubt affected his decision to start “Endymion Spring” off
in medieval Mainz, and to end it in Oxford, where he did his PhD at Somerville
College, graduating in 2000, studying the “publishing politics of H. G.
Wells”). Matthew Skelton’s favourite authors are Henry Green (particularly
“Loving and Nothing”), Henry James (“The Ambassadors”), Aldous Huxley, and
Virginia Woolf. His favourite poem is “A Lyric” by T. S. Eliot (Matthew
Skelton’s previous ambition in life was to be a “staggeringly good poet”). Like
T. S. Eliot, Matthew Skelton has an affinity with cats. He suffers from asthma
(this experience possibly surfaces with Blake’s visit to the dusty library in
“Endymion Spring”). In 2002, he was one of the winners in the Richard and Judy
short story competition with “The Man Who Did Not Dream”. Following this,
Matthew Skelton gave up his job as a research assistant on an academic volume
about the 19th century historian Macaulay to work full-time on
“Endymion Spring”. During this time, he was living on £12 a week, from a
suitcase in a borrowed room. This was a good bet on his part, as his debut
novel won him a 6-figure advance from his publishers. Warner Bros. have
acquired the film rights for “Endymion Spring”.
Cider
(or Gregor Samsa was a Somervillian) – a poem by Matthew Skelton
From
shy kid to next J. K. Rowling? – “The Star Phoenix” talks to Matthew
Skelton
A
Conversation with Matthew Skelton – an interview with his publishers
Kids’ Q & A – a
Matthew Skelton interview at Powells.com
Children’s
authors Julia Golding and Matthew Skelton in discussion – a feature from
“The Guardian”
Skelton,
Matthew "The Paratext of Everything: Constructing and Marketing H. G. Wells's
The Outline of History" Book History - Volume 4, 2001, pp. 237-275, Penn
State University Press – you have to pay to access Matthew Skelton’s paper
on H. G. Wells, but it may also be available in the reference section in your
local university library
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