Rodge Glass

Rodge Glass (born 17 January 1978 in Cheshire)[1][2] is a British writer.

Biography

Glass was born in Cheshire, England.[1][2] He attended an "Orthodox Jewish Primary School, an 11+ All Boys Grammar School, a Co-Ed Private School, a Monk-sponsored Catholic College, [and] Hebrew University in Jerusalem."[1] In 1997,[3] Glass moved to Scotland to receive an undergraduate degree from Strathclyde University. For graduate school, he attended Glasgow University, where he was tutored by Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Janice Galloway,[4] and received a Master of Philosophy degree in Creative Writing.[3] Between 2002 and 2005, Glass worked as a personal assistant to Alasdair Gray, which inspired his later biography of the writer.[4] In 2008, he received a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy degree from the University of Glasgow.[5]

Glass has worked as an editor for multiple publications and written for The Guardian,[6] The Paris Review, The Herald, The Scotsman, and others. In 2013, he began working as a "Reader in Literary Fiction at Edge Hill University and Fiction Editor at Freight Books."[1]

He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde, where he also serves as the Convener of the Master of Letters program in Creative Writing.[7]

Awards

Awards for Glass's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2006 No Fireworks Authors’ Club First Novel Award Nominee [8][9]
2006 No Fireworks Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee [8]
2006 No Fireworks Glen Dimplex First Book Award Shortlist [8]
No Fireworks Saltire Award Nominee [8]
2009 Alasdair Gray Scottish Arts Council Award for Non-Fiction Nominee [8]
2009 Alasdair Gray Somerset Maugham Award Winner [1][10]
2013 LoveSexTravelMusik Frank O’Connor Award Nominee [1][8][9]

Publications

As editor

  • The Year of Open Doors (Cargo, 2011)
  • Second Lives: Tales From Two Cities with Jane Bernstein (Cargo, 2012)
  • Articles of Faith by Michael Cannon (Freight, 2014)
  • Head Land (Edge Hill University Press, 2016)
  • The Storey's Story: Memories, Stories, Poems, Images

Biographies

Novels

  • No Fireworks (Faber & Faber, 2005)
  • Hope for Newborns (Faber & Faber, 2008)
  • Dougie's War with Dave Turbitt (Freight, 2010)

Short story collections

  • LoveSexTravelMusik: Stories for the EasyJet Generation (Freight, 2013)

Select short stories

  • "We're All Gonna Have the Blues," in Beacons: Stories for our Not So Distant Future, edited by Gregory Norminton (Oneworld, 2013)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Rodge Glass". The Short Story Project. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. ^ a b "Rodge Glass". Cove Park. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  3. ^ a b "Rodge Glass". Faber. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  4. ^ a b "Spinning Scotland". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ^ "Roger Glass". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  6. ^ "Rodge Glass". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  7. ^ "Dr Roger Glass". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Rodge Glass". Jenny Brown Associates. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  9. ^ a b "Contemporary fiction & non-fiction". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  10. ^ "Somerset Maugham Awards". The Society of Authors. 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2023-02-09.