Terence Blacker

Terence Blacker is a novelist, children's author and biographer. His novels include FIXX ('A tour de force... overwhelmingly comic', Guardian), KILL YOUR DARLINGS ('A brilliantly entertaining tale of envy and self-deception,' Newsday) and THE TWYNING ('A classic for our age', Morning Star). His children's books include the Ms Wiz series, much loved around the world, BOY2GIRL ('Hugely funny, then painfully affecting,' Guardian) and RACING MANHATTAN ('Terrific... a winner,' Wall Street Journal). His biography of the author and miscreant William DonaLdson, YOU CANNOT LIVE AS I HAVE LIVED AND NOT END UP LIKE THIS was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and was praised by the Sunday Times as 'utterly gripping, hilarious, heartbreaking.' Also a singer-songwriter, Terence Blacker has released four albums of songs LOVELY LITTLE GAMES (2012), SOMETIMES YOUR FACE DON'T FIT (2016), ENOUGH ABOUT ME (2018) and PLAYING FOR TIME (2020).