Ross Raisin is a British novelist. He was born in Keighley in Yorkshire, and after attending a school in Bradford he went to university in London, which was followed by a period as a trainee wine bar manager and a postgraduate degree in creative writing at Goldsmith's College. Raisin's debut novel God's Own Country was published in 2008, and was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize , the Guardian First Book Award and was a winner of a 2008 Betty Trask Award. The novel focuses on Sam Marsdyke, a disturbed adolescent living in a harsh rural environment, and follows his journey from isolated oddity to outright insanity. Writing in The Guardian Justine Jordan described the novel as "an absorbing read", which marked Raisin out as "a young writer to watch". Raisin has worked as a waiter, dishwasher and barman. His second book, Out Backward, was published in July, 2008. |
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