Stephen May’s reimagination of Victor Grayson

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  Hello and welcome to Meet the Writers, I'm Georgina Godwin.

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  My guest today is a British novelist, playwright and TV writer.

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  He grew up in Bedford and studied at the University of Essex.

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  He's written six novels, there's a seventh now.

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  His novels include Tag, which was long listed on the Wales Book of the Year in 2009,

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  and it also won Media Wales People's Choice Award.

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  Three years later, Life,

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  Death Prizes was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Book Awards and The Guardian Not the Booker Prize.

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  It earned him many comparisons to Dave Eggers and JD Salinger.

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  He's also an experienced creative writing tutor and the author of writer novel and Get It Published.

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  His latest book, Green Ink,

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  explores the mysteries of a disappearing politician in the 1920s and reimagines his last day.

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  It's a fascinating title that explores the world of politics with vigor, curiosity and flair.

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  Stephen Ray, welcome to Meet the Writers.

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  Thank you for having me.

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  It's a pleasure to be here.

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  It's really lovely to have you here all the way from Yorkshire.

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  I asked you earlier, why on earth do you live in Yorkshire?

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  Well, once you've gone to West Yorkshire, you don't really want to live anywhere else.

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  Tell me about that thing,

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