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Graham Swift

(b.1949)

Graham Swift is the author of the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in London, England.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Sweet Shop Owner (1980)
   Shuttlecock (1981)
   Waterland (1983)
   Out of This World (1988)
   Ever After (1992)
   Last Orders (1996)
   The Light of Day (2002)
   Tomorrow (2007)
   Wish You Were Here (2011)
   Mothering Sunday (2016)
   Here We Are (2020)

Collections

   Learning to Swim (1982)
   Poolside (2007) (with others)
   England and Other Stories (2014)

Novellas and Short Stories

Chemistry (2008)

Anthologies edited

The Magic Wheel (1985)

Non fiction show

Omnibus editions show

Graham Swift recommends

A Year of Last Things (2024)
Michael Ondaatje
"Michael Ondaatje defies the normal distinction between poet and novelist. His writing is consistently tuned to a visionary pitch."

Resonating Bodies (1988)
Lynne Alexander
"A rare love duet of a novel."

Books containing stories by Graham Swift

The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1987)
edited by
Malcolm Bradbury

Awards

	1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Best Book : Last Orders
	1996 Booker Prize for Best Novel : Last Orders

Award nominations

	2017 Walter Scott Prize for Best Historical Novel : Mothering Sunday
	1998 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Best Novel : Last Orders
	1996 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel : Last Orders
	1983 Booker Prize for Best Novel : Waterland

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