Guy Mankowski

Guy Mankowski (born 6 January 1983) is a writer based in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was educated at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire.[1] He read Applied Psychology at Durham University.[2] He then trained as a psychologist at The Royal Hospital in London.[3]

Career

His first novel, 'The Intimates', was a Recommended Title for New Writing North’s 2011 Read Regional Campaign.[3] It was described by author Abigail Tarttelin as a 'measured, literary piece of work as hauntingly evocative of its setting and characters as Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize winner Housekeeping’.[4] Culture Magazine were more critical, and called it 'unusually stylised for contemporary fiction'.[4][5][6] Mankowski's 'breakthrough' second novel,[7] Letters from Yelena, was described by New Books Magazine as having 'shades of The Red Shoes and The Black Swan (film)'.[8]

The novel was given Arts Council funding, allowing Mankowski to be one of a few English people granted access to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg for research purposes.[9][10] The choreographer Dora Frankel created a dance based on the book.[11] An excerpt of the novel was used as GCSE training material by Osiris Educational.[7][12] His third novel, How I Left The National Grid, was written as part of a PhD.[13] Whilst researching for it, Mankowski interviewed musicians such as Jehnny Beth from post-punk band Savages. It has been speculated that the novel he was researching was inspired by missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards.[14][15] It was noted that the books main character was ‘possibly based on Kingsley Chapman’ of The Chapman Family.[7] Of the novel, The Huffington Post said, 'Mankowski captures brilliantly the psychology of 'fan obsession'. Those of us who marvelled at The Secret History or A Passage to India are sure to find it equally enthralling'.[14] The novelist Andrew Crumey commented 'Already recognised as a major rising talent, Mankowski here establishes himself as a significant voice in British fiction'.[16][17][18] In the 2015 textbook ‘Creative Writing: A NAWE Handbook For Teachers’ a chapter on 'The Writing Journal' describes how Mankowski used his notebooks to develop the background of the novel.[19][20] In 2015 Mankowski was editor of ‘The Story of The HBOS Whistleblower’, which the Financial Times described as ‘a terrific read’.[21][22]

Mankowski’s fourth novel, 'An Honest Deceit', was published in October 2016. Narc Magazine called it 'a gripping contemporary thriller centering around the death of the protagonists beloved young daughter', adding 'Mankowski’s training as a psychologist helps to draw out a taught storyline, full of razor sharp prose and trickery around every corner.’[23] The Huffington Post called it ‘a book of outstanding quality.’[24]

Publications

Novels

Anthologies

Short stories

Academic articles

Editing

References

  1. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/leader/8971163.The_write_stuff/ The Northern Echo
  2. http://www.dunelm.org.uk/page.aspx?pid=721 Durham Authors
  3. 1 2 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/leader/8971163.The_write_stuff/ The Northern Echo
  4. 1 2 Guy Mankowski (1 October 2012). Letters from Yelena. Legend Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-909039-10-0.
  5. http://www.newwritingnorth.com/writer-guy-mankowski-details-226.html New Writing North
  6. http://www.guymankowski.com/pdf/pdf_guy_culture.pdf The Culture Magazine
  7. 1 2 3 http://narcmagazine.com/literary-influences-guy-mankowski/ Narc Magazine Literary Influences
  8. http://www.newbooksmag.com/reviews/12296-9379/review.php. New Books Magazine
  9. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-letters-yelena-dance-city-4401485 The Journal
  10. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/dance-and-literature-at-dance-704 The British Theatre Guide
  11. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/preview-letters-yelena-dance-city-4401485 The Journal
  12. http://www.northernsoul.me.uk/sound-haunted-north/ Northern Soul Magazine
  13. http://www.zero-books.net/authors/guy-mankowski&i=0 Zero Books Author Profile
  14. 1 2 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matthew-phillips/give-us-back-our-heroes-h_b_6061840.htmlThe Huffington Post
  15. http://narcmagazine.com/local-interview-how-i-left-the-national-grid/ Narc Magazine
  16. http://www.zero-books.net/books/how-left-national-grid Zer0 Books
  17. http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/2015/01/can-a-famous-artist-truly-vanish/ Northumbria University News
  18. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/event/guy-mankowski-how-i-left-the-national-grid-book-launch-/ The Journal
  19. http://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/bookstore/creative-writing-a-nawe-handbook-for-teachers.html National Association of Writers in Education
  20. http://weareoca.com/creative-writing/the-writing-journal/ Open College of the Arts
  21. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/566c9f76-92da-11e5-bd82-c1fb87bef7af.html#axzz3tvDOcwIx The Financial Times
  22. http://www.newwilberforce.co.uk/store/product/chapter-1-of-crash-bank-wallop/ New Wilberforce Media
  23. http://narcmagazine.com/news-guy-mankowski-book-launch-ampersand-inventions/
  24. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniela-quaglia/an-honest-deceit-a-story-_b_11764362.html
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