Frank Egerton

Frank Egerton
BornFrancis David Egerton
(1959-09-21) 21 September 1959 (age 65)
OccupationNovelist, librarian
SpouseJess née Owen
RelativesEgerton family
Egerton arms

Francis David Egerton (born 21 September 1959)[1] is a British novelist from the Egerton family.

Writing as Frank Egerton, he is a tutor of creative writing at Oxford University[2] and an Oxford University librarian.[3] He reviewed fiction and non-fiction for newspapers including The Times and Financial Times from 1995 to 2008.[4]

Family

A great-great-great-grandson of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, second son of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, he is in remainder to the Sutherland dukedom.

In 1995, Egerton married Jess Owen, and lives in West Oxfordshire.[5]

Career

After attending Stowe School, Frank Egerton qualified as an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, before going up to read English at Keble College. He is interested in "both the close examination of fiction and how technologies such as ebooks and print-on-demand have changed the publishing industry, offering fresh opportunities to writers."[6]

His first novel, The Lock,[7] was published in paperback in 2003 and his second, Invisible, was published by StreetBooks[8] in 2010. The ebook version of The Lock reached the finals of the Independent e-Book Awards in Santa Barbara in 2002. In The Times review of Invisible Kate Saunders commented on "the author's lively wit and acute understanding of the emotional landscape."[9]

Egerton is a member of the Society of Authors, Writers in Oxford[10] and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, and is a former editor of The Oxford Writer. He was Chairman of Writers in Oxford[11] from 2008 to 2010.

About Frank Egerton

  • Gill Oliver Interview with Frank Egerton[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Leveson-Gower Family: Eleventh Generation". Berkshire: John Elkin. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. ^ "MSt in Creative Writing". University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Bodleian Latin American Centre Library website". bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Frank Egerton website: Reviews". frankegerton.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  5. ^ www.burkespeerage.com
  6. ^ "MSt in Creative Writing". University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ^ Carlson, Michael (1 March 2003). "Down to the Last Detail". Spectator. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  8. ^ "StreetBooks: website". streetbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  9. ^ Saunders, Kate (23 October 2010). "Invisible by Frank Egerton". London: Times. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Writers in Oxford website". Writers in Oxford. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Writers in Oxford website". Writers in Oxford. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  12. ^ Oliver, Gill (27 January 2011). "Interview with Frank Egerton". Oxford Times. Retrieved 24 September 2011.