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The winner
of four British Fantasy Awards in the past decade, Joyce is
one of the East Midlands' most honoured authors yet not one
of its best known.
His big
break came in early 1990s when he decided to take a year off
to find out for himself if he could write a successful novel.
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Graham Joyce |
Joyce spent
that time on the Greek island of Lesbos with his wife Suzanne,
and he did manage to write a novel called 'Dreamside.'
"I
went to Lesbos where there were no distractions. I didn't really
expect to get published, but I did want to know if I could make
it or not," Joyce says.
When he
got back to England, he submitted the manscript, and before
long, it was published.
He had already
been writing for 15 years, but the breakthrough on Lesbos was
the lift he needed. Eight novels later, he hasn't looked back.
The beauty
of being a successful author is that he can combine his travels
and his writing with his job teaching creative writing at Nottingham
Trent University.
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Joyce's most recent book |
His latest
award-winning novel is 'Indigo', which deals with the questions
of colour, invisibility and ways of seeing.
His other
novels include 'Smoking Poppy' which was researched in Thailand,
while 'Requiem' is set in Jerusalem.
Joyce admits he doesn't really need to keep on working at the
university, but he says discussions with students and other
teachers keeps him connected.
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