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Bill Broady 
Bill's first novel was SWIMMER, a striking, supple and direct novel. It tells the story of a girl who, having hidden from the confusions of childhood first in dreams of flying and then by falling in love with water, is subsequently coached to become a successful international athlete. But when a child has wished for the world - and got it - who or what can help her plot a course through the deeper, darker waters that lie beyond the training pool, out there in real life? Lyrical, moving, perfectly achieved, SWIMMER is a staggering debut.
Flamingo, January 2001 – world rights.
A volume of short stories followed:IN THIS BLOCK THERE LIVES A SLAG. From the council blocks of Bradford to dingy moorland pubs with forty-year-old hits on the jukebox, Broady's bright vollection of stories tours Yorkshire and gives it a tart lick of fresh prose paint, deploying all the precision, wit and vigour to be expected of this highly-acclaimed author.
Flamingo 2002 - world rights.
Broady’s second novel, ETERNITY IS TEMPORARY was published by Portobello in 2006. UK & Commonwealth: Portobello. Translation: Marsh Agency. US: Author.
Bill is currently writing his third novel, THE NIGHT-SOIL MEN, a major work of historical and political fiction.
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