Patrick Neate
Patrick Neate is a British novelist, journalist and playwright.
Early Life
Born and raised in South London, he was educated at St. Paul's School and Cambridge University.
Works
His books to date, in order of publication, include Musungu Jim, Twelve Bar Blues, London Pigeon Wars, Where You're At, City of Tiny Lights and Culture is Our Weapon.
Publications for which Neate has written include The Washington Post, The Independent, Building, Hospital Doctor, The Face, Doctor, Minx, The Times, The Telegraph, Marie Claire, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Harpers and Queen, The Sunday Tribune, The Standard, Mixmag, Sky, Q, Time Out, Tatler, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday.
Neate also wrote the screenplay for the film The Tesseract, adapted from the book by Alex Garland.
Awards
In 2000, Neate won a Betty Trask Award for his first novel, 'Musungu Jim'. In 2001 he won a Whitbread Award for his second book, Twelve Bar Blues. In 2005, he won the NBCC Award for Criticism for his non-fiction book about hip hop culture, 'Where You're At'. He has also been shortlisted for the Authors' Club Award, the LA Times Book Award and an 'Edgar' (the Mystery Writers of America Awards).
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