About Chris Paling
Lived 1956 – 2024 (aged 67–68). Chris Paling was a British writer and novelist.
Christopher David Paling (1956 – 5 February 2024) was a British radio producer, artist, playwright and author of modern fiction.
Biography Born in 1956 in Derby, Paling studied social sciences at the University of Sussex. He started working as a studio manager for BBC radio in 1981. In 2017 his book Reading Allowed: True Stories and Curious Incidents from a Provincial Library was published.
Paling was married with two children, and lived in Brighton.
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British writer
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Chris Paling was born in 1956 in Derby.
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Chris Paling died on 5 February 2024.
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Chris Paling was a writer and novelist.
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