Trezza azzopardi biography of christopher

PERSONAL:

Born , in Cardiff, Wales. Education: University of East Anglia, B.A.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Norwich, England.

CAREER:

Writer. Creative and Cultural Studies, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, England, external examiner.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, Mann Booker Prize shortlist citation, and James Tait Black Memorial Prize shortlist, all , all for The Hiding Place.

WRITINGS:

The Hiding Place (novel), Picador (London, England), , Atlantic Monthly Press (New York, NY),

Remember Me (novel), Grove Press (New York, NY),

Winterton Blue (novel), Grove Press (New York, NY),

Contributor of short stories to periodicals in Great Britain.

ADAPTATIONS:

The Hiding Place was adapted for BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime program, and has been translated into fourteen languages.

SIDELIGHTS:

Trezza Azzopardi grew up in Wales, the daughter of a Maltese immigrant father and a Welsh mother.

Memories of her working-class neigh