Nicholas Royle

Nicholas Royle is the author of two previous collections, Mortality and Ornithology, as well as In Camera (with David Gledhill). His seven novels include The Director’s Cut, Antwerp, and First Novel. Reader in Creative Writing at the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, he is head judge of the annual Manchester Fiction Prize and series editor of Best British Short Stories. He also runs Nightjar Press, publishing original short stories in chapbook format.

Novels

• Counterparts (1993)
• Saxophone Dreams (1996)
• The Matter of the Heart (1997)
• The Director's Cut (2000)
• Antwerp (2004)
• The Appetite (2008)