Dr Ian McGuire is the first international writer to feature on The Garret.

Ian grew up near Hull, England, and studied at the University of Manchester. His then received his Ph.D in 19th Century American Literature from the University of Virginia. He is the co-founder and co-director of the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing and lectured in American Literature and Creative Writing. He is now an Honorary Senior Lecturer.

His followed his first novel, Incredible Bodies (2006), with the non-fiction Richard Ford and the Ends of Realism (2015). In 2016 he published The North Water (2016), which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016 and listed on The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2016. His stories have been published in Chicago Review, The Paris Review and elsewhere.

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