Liam Brown
Born	(1983-04-26) 26 April 1983 Birmingham, England
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	English
Period	2013–present
Genre	Literary fiction
Notable works	Real Monsters

Liam Brown (born 26 April 1985) is a British writer. His debut novel, Real Monsters, was published in 2015^[1] by Legend Press. His second novel, Wild Life,^[2] was published in 2016 and his third, Broadcast,^[3] was published in 2017. In 2019 his fourth novel, Skin, was shortlisted for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize.^[4] In 2023 his fifth novel, Evergreens, was published by Legend Press.^[5]

Early life and education

Brown was born and grew up in Birmingham, England. After leaving school, he spent "five years working a series of increasingly dead-end jobs",^[6] before attending the University of Greenwich. In 2010 he received the de Rohan Scholarship,^[7] enabling him to study for an MA in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University.

Writing

In 2013, Brown’s novel Fade To White was shortlisted for the 2013 Luke Bitmead Bursary.^[8] Brown’s debut novel, Real Monsters, was published in 2015 by Legend Press. A short, sharp satire on the war on terror, author Ben Myers described Real Monsters as "a memorable and moving portrait of the futility of 21st century conflict".^[9] His second novel Wild Life, "a compelling, chilling investigation into the dark instincts of masculinity",^[10] was published in 2016, followed by Broadcast, a retelling of Faust, in 2017. His fourth novel, Skin,^[11] was published in 2019.

Works

• Real Monsters (Legend Press, 2015)
• Wild Life (Legend Press, 2016)
• Broadcast (Legend Press/Penguin Random House Australia, 2017)
• Skin (Legend Press, 2019)
• Evergreens (Legend Press, 2023)

References