About Matthew Branton
Born 1968. Matthew Branton is a writer.
Matthew Branton (born 1968) is a British novelist and author. He is noted for interrupting a successful career by publishing his fifth novel as a free download during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Life and career Branton grew up in Sevenoaks, Kent and was educated at Sheffield City Polytechnic where as an undergraduate he was taught by the Montserratian poet, playwright, and novelist E A Markham, and as a postgraduate by the British novelist Lesley Glaister. His first novel The Love Parade was published in 1997; The House of Whacks in 1999; Coast in 2000; The Hired Gun in 2001. Non-fiction includes Write a Bestselling Thriller published in 2012.
Branton published his fifth novel The Tie and the Crest as a free download in April 2003. His novels, though commercially successful, are understood to belong to the politically-radical creative tradition, as does his work since 2003, usually published unsigned and unpublicized, frequently via social media.
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