Amy Mason
Amy Mason (born 17 May 1982) is a British comedian, novelist and theatre maker from Bristol, England. Her debut novel The Other Ida won the 2014 Dundee International Book Prize.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Mason grew up in Poole, Dorset, where she attended Parkstone Grammar School, leaving at the age of 16.[2] She subsequently completed an MPhil in writing at the University of South Wales. Mason is the granddaughter of actor, Lionel Jeffries.
Works
[edit]She has written and performed two shows, both produced by Bristol Old Vic; Mass[3] and The Islanders.[4] The Islanders was written with Mason's ex-partner, Art Brut singer Eddie Argos and award-winning[5] folk singer-songwriter, Jim Moray. It won the 2013 Ideas Tap Edinburgh Fringe Fund,[6] before being published as a graphic novel by Nasty Little Press.[7] Mason's non-fiction has also appeared in The Guardian.[8] In 2009 Mason's short story 'To the Bridge' was published in the Tindal Street Press anthology Roads Ahead.[9]
Printed works
[edit]To the Bridge (short story) - Roads Ahead - an anthology (Tindal Street Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-906994-00-6)
The Islanders (graphic novel) - (Nasty Little Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9573000-6-4)
The Other Ida (novel) - (Cargo, 2014, ISBN 1908885246)[10]
Stage plays
[edit]The Islanders (2012)
Mass (2014)
References
[edit]- ^ "Amy Mason scoops Dundee International Book Prize award". BBC News. 24 October 2014.
- ^ "If only I'd known..." Idea Tap. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Mass at Bristol Old Vic review". Bristol 24/7. 1 April 2015.
- ^ "The Islanders review, Bristol". Whats On Stage. 18 April 2013.
- ^ "BBC Radio 2 folk award winners". BBC news.
- ^ "Ideas Tap Edinburgh Fringe Fund winners". Ideas Tap. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Young Romance and Doomed Vacation: The Islanders review". MTV Geek. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013.
- ^ "Amy Mason profile". The Guardian.
- ^ Roads Ahead Archived May 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hazelton, Claire (29 November 2014). "The Other Ida by Amy Mason review – a dysfunctional family amid grief". The Guardian.
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