Matt Thorne

Matt Thorne is the author of six novels, including Eight Minutes Idle, which won an Encore Award and was made into a film, and Cherry, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His writing has been published all over the world and described as ‘glorious to read’ by The Daily Telegraph and ‘amusing, poignant, frequently sexy and remarkably sussed’ by The Observer, among many other glowing reviews. He has also written three children’s novels and a critical study of the pop star Prince, published by Faber. He is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Brunel University.