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About Jim Crace
English novelist, playwright and short story writer
Jim Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Born in Hertfordshire, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999. He has 89 quotes on the site. Crace’s fiction has reached readers far beyond Britain, with his novels translated into 28 languages, including Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese and Hebrew. He has also lectured at the University of Texas at Austin, and his work is known through novels, plays and short stories alike.
More from Jim Crace (89 quotes) →Keep reading Jim Crace
- “I've never scared anybody in my life.”Jim Crace
- “I'm an atheist - a good old North Korean-style atheist.”Jim Crace
- “There is no comparison. The American landscape is so much more dangerous. They have real snakes, mountain lio…”Jim Crace
- “As a natural historian, I don't believe in the consciousness of rocks or the opinions of rainbows or the conv…”Jim Crace
Writing: more sayings
- “Drawing' is telling a story with pictures. 'Writing' is telling a story with words.”Butch Hartman
- “Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.”Robert Harris
- “Most women would say they relate to 'Hedda Gabler' - there's a part of her in them. Ibsen was writing about a…”Annette Bening
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Books by Jim Crace
The pesthouse
2008
The gift of stones
1996
Arcadia
1992
All that follows
2010
Quarantine
1999