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Patrick McGrath Interview (Pt. 1)

Feb 14, 2010

 Patrick McGrath - Novelist

Patrick McGrath was born on February 7th, 1950 in London, and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital where his father was Medical Superintendent. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, and is the authorof numerous novels including Spider, Trauma, Asylum,Martha Peake, Ghost Town andPort Mungo. He is also the author of the short story collection Blood and Water and Other Tales.

 

Patrick's novel Martha Peake won the Premio Flaiano Prize in Italy, and Spiderwas made into a film in 2002 by acclaimed director David Cronenberg. Spiderwas nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival that same year.

 

Patrick currently lives in New York with his wife, actress Maria Aitken.

 

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Patrick McGrath Interview (Pt. 1) - Interview Interview Discussion

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ute
ute wrote
at Feb 21, 2010 - 4:57 PM
a really  neat interview, e.g., about the sources of ideas and research.  Worth seeing once, twice, thrice & thinking about it some more ;-) .
Geoff
Geoff wrote
at Feb 20, 2010 - 10:55 AM
I was curious if he (Patrick McGrath) believes that author's first stories are inevitably, in some form, autobiographical.

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