Joe Heap (author)

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EducationMasters in Creative Writing
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
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Joe Heap (born 1986) is an English author who resides in London[1][2]. His poetry has been published in several journals and he was a winner of the 2004 Foyles Young Poet Award[3]. He was a guest author at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival[4].

Life and works

Heap was born in London and grew up in Bradford, West Yorkshire[5]. He later moved to Scotland where he completed a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow[6]. Heap’s first book, The Rules of Seeing (HarperCollins, 2018[7]), was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards Breakthrough Author award and won the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards in 2018[8][9]. His second novel was When The Music Stops (HarperCollins, 2020[10]).

References

  1. "Joe Heap". HarperCollins Publishers UK. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. "Writer's Block with Joe Heap". The Gloss Magazine. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  3. "Joe Heap – The Poetry Society: Poems". Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. "Joe Heap". www.edbookfest.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  5. Leonard, Sue (2018-08-16). "Joe Heap". Sue Leonard. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  6. "Joe Heap | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  7. Heap, Joe (2019). The rules of seeing. London. ISBN 978-0-00-829319-2. OCLC 1085198577.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. "Booksellers Association - BAMBRA 2018 shortlists announced". The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  9. "Romantic Novel Awards – Winners Announced – RNA". Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  10. Heap, Joe (2020). When the music stops. London. ISBN 978-0-00-829322-2. OCLC 1203942615.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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