Ray Robinson (novelist)

Robinson is a graduate of Liverpool School of Art, where he studied graphic design. He was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2006.[1]

His debut novel Electricity[2] was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize[3] and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.[4] The screen adaptation of Electricity premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, starring Agyness Deyn.[5] The film won Best Screenplay at the inaugural National Film Awards in 2015.[6]

His other novels are The Man Without (2008), Forgetting Zoë (2010),[7] Jawbone Lake (2013) and The Mating Habits of Stags (2019). Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize[8] and The Mating Habits of Stags was shortlisted for the Portico Prize.[9] Robinson was hailed as "among the most impressive voices of Britain's younger generation" by the Irish Times.[10]

As a screenwriter, he co-authored the documentary film Dream Town, examining a decaying Russian coal mining town on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.[11] The film won Best Picture at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.[12] In 2016 he wrote the multi-award-winning, BAFTA-longlisted short film Edith,[13] starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley, which was also longlisted at the British Independent Film Awards.[14] The Mating Habits of Stags is based on the film.[15]

Robinson (under the alias "Wodwo") is also a guitarist, composer & sound artist, and has produced musical scores for film, video games, theatre and dance. His music varies from minimal loop-based microsound and lowercase, to neoclassical, experimental drone and ambient.[16]

• Ray Robinson at IMDb