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Alan Bissett
Authors' Reading Month, 2014
Born
(1975-11-17) 17 November 1975 (age 48)
Occupation
Novelist, Playwright
Nationality
Scottish
Alma mater
University of Stirling
Notable works
Boyracers The Incredible Adam Spark Death of a Ladies' Man
Website
www.alanbissett.com
Alan Bissett (born 17 November 1975) is an author and playwright from Hallglen, an area of Falkirk in Scotland. After the publication of his first two novels, Boyracers and The Incredible Adam Spark, he became known for his different take on Scots dialect writing, evolving a style specific to Falkirk, suffused with popular culture references and socialist politics. He also applied to be rector of the University of Glasgow in 2014.
Bissett used to lecture in creative writing at Bretton Hall College, now part of the University of Leeds, and tutored the creative writing MLitt at the University of Glasgow alongside Janice Galloway and Tom Leonard. He became a full-time writer in December 2007. In March 2012, he became a "Cultural Ambassador" for National Collective, a creative organisation which supports Scottish independence.[1]
^"Cultural Ambassador: Alan Bissett". 26 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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