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Patricia Craig (born 1940s^[1]^[a]) is a writer, anthologist and literary critic from Northern Ireland, living in Antrim, County Antrim.

Personal life

She was born in Belfast to Nora (née Brady) and Andy Craig^[7] and attended St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls^[8] before studying at the Belfast School of Art and then at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London (where she obtained a Diploma in Art & Design, Hons.). She returned to Northern Ireland in 1999.^[7] She is married to the Welsh artist Jeffrey Morgan.^[7]

Career

In the late 1960s, Craig was at Notre Dame Convent School in Battersea, working as an art mistress, but longed to have a literary career.^[1] Since then, she has written memoirs, edited several anthologies and written articles for newspapers.^[9] In London she began to collaborate with Mary Cadogan, editing several books on children's literature. Their first book, You’re a Brick Angela!, became a classic.^[10]

On her return to Northern Ireland, she began to write books with an Irish theme. One of the first was a biography of Brian Moore which was described by the critic Seamus Deane as 'a crisp and intelligent account of a man and a writer for whom Craig's clean and incisive approach seems perfectly appropriate'.^[11] Perhaps her most popular book was the memoir Asking for Trouble (1987) which details her schooldays, culminating in her expulsion from school.^[8]

Awards

She was Honorary Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast where she was appointed to the Board of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry.^[12]^[9]

Publications

You're a Brick Angela!: The Girls' Story 1839–1985 (1976)
Women and Children First: The Fiction of Two World Wars (1978)
The Lady Investigates: Women Detectives and Spies in Fiction (1986)
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (1990)
The Rattle of The North: An Anthology of Ulster Prose (1992)
The Penguin Book of British Comic Stories (1992)
The Oxford Book of Modern Women's Stories (1994)
The Oxford Book of Schooldays (1995)
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories (1996)
The Oxford Book of Ireland (1998)
Twelve Irish Ghost Stories (1998)
The Belfast Anthology (1999)
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000)
Brian Moore: A Biography (2002)^[11]
Asking for Trouble (2008)^[8]
A Twisted Root – Ancestral Entanglements in Ireland (2012)^[13]
Bookworm, A Memoir of Childhood Reading (2015)

Notes

^ Craig stated that she was a 20-something in the late 1960s, which would have meant that she was likely born in the 1940s.^[1] There are sources that state that her year of birth is 1952,^[2]^[3] and in 2015, the Belfast Telegraph stated that she was 63, which would mean she was born about 1952.^[4] One source states that she was born on 16 January 1949.^[5] The Independent states that she was born after the war and grew up in the 1950s.^[6] It is also believed that her year of birth was 1942.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Craig, Patricia (May–June 2021). "PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Val Warner: A Reminiscence". PN Review. 47 (5). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ "Literature through the eyes of two Irish writers". TLS. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^ "Patricia Craig, VIAF ID 36933157". viaf.org. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ Brankin, Una (13 November 2015). "Patricia: A literary childhood brought to book". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^ "Craig, Patricia 1949–". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading, by Patricia Craig". 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brankin, Una (13 November 2015). "Patricia: A literary childhood brought to book". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c O'Doherty, Malachi (8 January 2008). "Asking for Trouble, by Patricia Craig". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Dr Patricia Craig". Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^ Sibley, Brian (6 October 2014). "Mary Cadogan Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Deane, Seamus (14 December 2002). "War and peace". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Queen's University Belfast – The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry". 10 April 2019.
^ Elliott, Marianne (2 February 2013). "Who do you think you are?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links

Patricia Craig's articles and book reviews in The Independent

[7] Craig stated that she was a 20-something in the late 1960s, which would have meant that she was likely born in the 1940s.^[1] There are sources that state that her year of birth is 1952,^[2]^[3] and in 2015, the Belfast Telegraph stated that she was 63, which would mean she was born about 1952.^[4] One source states that she was born on 16 January 1949.^[5] The Independent states that she was born after the war and grew up in the 1950s.^[6] It is also believed that her year of birth was 1942.

[PNR-1] Craig, Patricia (May–June 2021). "PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Val Warner: A Reminiscence". PN Review. 47 (5). Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[TLS-2] "Literature through the eyes of two Irish writers". TLS. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

[3] "Patricia Craig, VIAF ID 36933157". viaf.org. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[4] Brankin, Una (13 November 2015). "Patricia: A literary childhood brought to book". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[5] "Craig, Patricia 1949–". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[6] "Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading, by Patricia Craig". 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[Childhood-8] Brankin, Una (13 November 2015). "Patricia: A literary childhood brought to book". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[O'Doherty-9] O'Doherty, Malachi (8 January 2008). "Asking for Trouble, by Patricia Craig". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[Dr_Patricia_Craig-10] "Dr Patricia Craig". Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[11] Sibley, Brian (6 October 2014). "Mary Cadogan Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[Deane-12] Deane, Seamus (14 December 2002). "War and peace". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[13] "Queen's University Belfast – The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry". 10 April 2019.

[Elliott-14] Elliott, Marianne (2 February 2013). "Who do you think you are?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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+'''Patricia Craig''' (born 1940s<ref name="PNR" />{{efn|Craig stated that she was a 20-something in the late 1960s, which would have meant that she was likely born in the 1940s.<ref name="PNR">{{Cite journal |last=Craig  |first=Patricia  |date=May–June 2021 |title=PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Val Warner: A Reminiscence |volume=47 | number=5 |journal=PN Review |url=https://www.pnreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?item_id=10985 |access-date=2022-03-21}}</ref> There are sources that state that her year of birth is 1952,<ref name="TLS">{{Cite news |title=Literature through the eyes of two Irish writers |language=en-GB |work=TLS |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/small-world-seamus-deane-kilclief-and-other-essays-patricia-craig-book-review-ruth-milligan/ |access-date=2022-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Patricia Craig, VIAF ID 36933157 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/36933157/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=viaf.org}}</ref> and in 2015, the ''Belfast Telegraph'' stated that she was 63, which would mean she was born about 1952.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brankin |first=Una  |date=November 13, 2015 |title=Patricia: A literary childhood brought to book |language=en-GB |work=belfasttelegraph |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/patricia-a-literary-childhood-brought-to-book-34191578.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> One source states that she was born on 16 January 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craig, Patricia 1949– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/craig-patricia-1949 |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'' states that she was born after the war and grew up in the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-11-18 |title=Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading, by Patricia Craig |language=en |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/bookworm-a-memoir-of-childhood-reading-by-patricia-craig-book-review-a-fond-tribute-to-the-public-library-a6738211.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/bookworm-a-memoir-of-childhood-reading-by-patricia-craig-book-review-a-fond-tribute-to-the-public-library-a6738211.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref> It is also believed that her year of birth was 1942.}}) is a writer, [[anthology|anthologist]] and literary critic from Northern Ireland, living in [[Antrim, County Antrim]].
-'''Patricia Craig''' (born 1952) is a writer, [[anthology|anthologist]] and literary critic from Northern Ireland, living in [[Antrim, County Antrim]].
 ==Personal life==
-She was born in [[Belfast]] to Nora (née Brady) and Andy Craig<ref name ="Childhood"/> and attended [[St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls]]<ref name="O'Doherty">{{Cite news |last=O'Doherty |first=Malachi |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/asking-for-trouble-by-patricia-craig-768871.html |title=Asking for Trouble, by Patricia Craig |date=8 January 2008 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> before studying at the [[Ulster University|Belfast School of Art]] and then at the [[Central School of Arts and Crafts]], London (where she obtained a Diploma in Art & Design, Hons.). She returned to Northern Ireland in 1999.<ref name ="Childhood">{{cite news| title=Patricia: A literary childhood brought to book|work = [[Belfast Telegraph]]|author= Brankin, Una|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/patricia-a-literary-childhood-brought-to-book-34191578.html|date = 13 November 2015|accessdate= 1 March 2017}}</ref> She is married to the Welsh artist Jeffrey Morgan.<ref name ="Childhood"/>
+She was born in [[Belfast]] to Nora (née Brady) and Andy Craig<ref name ="Childhood"/> and attended [[St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls]]<ref name="O'Doherty">{{Cite news |last=O'Doherty |first=Malachi |author-link = Malachi O'Doherty|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/asking-for-trouble-by-patricia-craig-768871.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/asking-for-trouble-by-patricia-craig-768871.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Asking for Trouble, by Patricia Craig |date=8 January 2008 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> before studying at the [[Ulster University|Belfast School of Art]] and then at the [[Central School of Arts and Crafts]], London (where she obtained a Diploma in Art & Design, Hons.). She returned to Northern Ireland in 1999.<ref name ="Childhood">{{cite news| title=Patricia: A literary childhood brought to book|work = [[Belfast Telegraph]]|author= Brankin, Una|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/patricia-a-literary-childhood-brought-to-book-34191578.html|date = 13 November 2015|access-date= 1 March 2017}}</ref> She is married to the Welsh artist Jeffrey Morgan.<ref name ="Childhood"/>
 ==Career==
-Craig has written memoirs, edited several anthologies and written articles for newspapers.<ref>{{cite web| title=Dr Patricia Craig|url=http://corkwritersschool.com/?portfolio=dr-patricia-craig|accessdate= 2 March 2017}}</ref>  In London she began to collaborate with [[Mary Cadogan]], editing several books on children’s literature.  Their first book, ''You’re a Brick Angela!'', became a classic.<ref>{{cite news| title=Mary Cadogan Obituary|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/06/mary-cadogan |work =[[The Guardian]]|author= Sibley, Brian|date = 6 October 2014|accessdate= 11 November 2020}}</ref>
+In the late 1960s, Craig was at Notre Dame Convent School in Battersea, working as an art mistress, but longed to have a literary career.<ref name="PNR" /> Since then, she has written memoirs, edited several anthologies and written articles for newspapers.<ref name="Dr Patricia Craig">{{cite web| title=Dr Patricia Craig|url=http://corkwritersschool.com/?portfolio=dr-patricia-craig|access-date= 2 March 2017}}</ref> In London she began to collaborate with [[Mary Cadogan]], editing several books on children's literature.  Their first book, ''You’re a Brick Angela!'', became a classic.<ref>{{cite news| title=Mary Cadogan Obituary|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/06/mary-cadogan |work =[[The Guardian]]|author= Sibley, Brian|author-link= Brian Sibley|date = 6 October 2014|access-date= 11 November 2020}}</ref>
-On her return to [[Northern Ireland]] she began to write books with an Irish theme.  One of the first was a biography of [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]] which was described by the critic [[Seamus Deane]] as 'a crisp and intelligent account of a man and a writer for whom Craig's clean and incisive approach seems perfectly appropriate'.<ref name="Deane"/> Perhaps her most popular book was the memoir ''Asking for Trouble'' (1987) which details her schooldays, culminating in her expulsion from school.<ref name="O'Doherty"/>
+On her return to [[Northern Ireland]], she began to write books with an Irish theme.  One of the first was a biography of [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]] which was described by the critic [[Seamus Deane]] as 'a crisp and intelligent account of a man and a writer for whom Craig's clean and incisive approach seems perfectly appropriate'.<ref name="Deane"/> Perhaps her most popular book was the memoir ''Asking for Trouble'' (1987) which details her schooldays, culminating in her expulsion from school.<ref name="O'Doherty"/>
 ==Awards==
-She was Honorary Lecturer at [[Queen's University Belfast]] where she was appointed to the Board of the [[Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/heaneycentre/|title=Queen's University Belfast – The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Dr Patricia Craig|url=http://corkwritersschool.com/?portfolio=dr-patricia-craig|accessdate= 2 March 2017}}</ref>
+She was Honorary Lecturer at [[Queen's University Belfast]] where she was appointed to the Board of the [[Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qub.ac.uk/heaneycentre/|title=Queen's University Belfast – The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry|date=10 April 2019 |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="Dr Patricia Craig"/>
 ==Publications==
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 * ''Brian Moore: A Biography'' (2002)<ref name="Deane">{{Cite news |last=Deane |first=Seamus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/dec/14/featuresreviews.guardianreview5 |title=War and peace |date=14 December 2002 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>
 * ''Asking for Trouble'' (2008)<ref name="O'Doherty"/>
-* ''A Twisted Root – Ancestral Entanglements in Ireland'' (2012)<ref name="Elliott">{{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Marianne |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/who-do-you-think-you-are-1.1253920 |title=Who do you think you are? |date=2 February 2013 |work=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>
+* ''A Twisted Root – Ancestral Entanglements in Ireland'' (2012)<ref name="Elliott">{{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Marianne |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/who-do-you-think-you-are-1.1253920 |title=Who do you think you are? |date=2 February 2013 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>
 * ''Bookworm, A Memoir of Childhood Reading'' (2015)
+==Notes==
+{{Notelist}}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* [https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/literature/patricia-craig Culture Northern Ireland page on Patricia Craig]
+* [https://www.independent.co.uk/author/patricia-craig  Patricia Craig's articles and book reviews in ''The Independent'']
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