Beard, Richard
Richard Beard’s six novels include Lazarus is Dead, Dry Bones and Damascus, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His most recent novel Acts of the Assassins was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, and he is the author of four books of narrative non-fiction, including his memoir The Day That Went Missing, winner of the 2018 PEN Ackerley Award. He is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing MA, from Malcolm Bradbury’s final year in 1994/5. Photo c: Urszula Soltys
