Novelist, Award-winning Short Story Writer, Teacher
Japan
Novelist, Award-winning Short Story Writer, Teacher
Japan
University teacher specialising in English language acquisition/British, Irish and American fiction/film.
Novelist - author of The Foreign Husband (ISBN 0-7145-2893-5), Sachiko's Wedding (ISBN 0-7145-2910-9 Cloth).
Short Story Writer - Misunderstandings (ISBN 0-7145-2968-0). Misunderstandings shared the Macmillan Silver PEN Award for 1994.
Writer/Teacher
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
May 1983 — Present (26 years 7 months)
(Education Management industry)
September 1981 — September 1982 (1 year 1 month)
Course tutor in Contemporary American Poetry.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1981 — July 1982 (11 months)
Seminar leader in British, Irish and American literature for first year undergraduate students.
This was a temporary part-time position.
(Education Management industry)
October 1974 — September 1980 (6 years )
Lecturer in English Literature in the Department of English Language and Literature.
American Studies 1972 — 1974
BA (First Class Honors) , Humanities Combined , 1968 — 1971
Writing, drama, film
The Society of Authors (UK)
The Macmillan Silver PEN Award (1994)