David Park (born 1953) is a novelist from Northern Ireland.[1][2] He grew up in a Protestant working-class family in East Belfast, and wrote seven novels while working as a teacher, before retiring to write full time.[1]

His ninth novel Spies in Canaan, set in Vietnam, was runner-up in the 2023 Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize for a novel focusing on travel.[3][4]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b Sansom, Ian (20 April 2012). "David Park: a life in books". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ "David Park". literature.britishcouncil.org. British Council. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ "The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize". Society of Authors. 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ Self, John (17 May 2022). "Making amends: David Park on loss, regret and youthful idealism". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.


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