Jonathan Taylor's new novel is Melissa, which was shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2016.His previous books include the novel Entertaining Strangers (Salt, 2012) and the memoir Take Me Home (Granta, 2007). He is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester. He is editor of Overheard, an anthology of short stories for reading aloud.
Synopsis Shortlisted for the 2013 East Midlands Book Award Entertaining Strangers is a tragi-comedy about the eccentric Edwin Prince – a depressive intellectual obsessed with high culture and ants –...