Stephen May

Stephen May (born 1964) is a British novelist, playwright and TV writer.

Biography Born in 1964, May grew up in Bedford and was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Essex.

After university, May was variously a barman, warehouseman, museum attendant, television writer and teacher. The novel is narrated by Billy, a mixed-up teenager, struggling to raise his little brother after the death of their mother. It earned May comparisons to Dave Eggers and J.D. Salinger. The Independent on Sunday's review of the book stated: “He riffs entertainingly on failure … Talk of misspent youth, assassins and obstreperous protagonists belies the emotional core which makes May's books moving”.

Interviewed by The Independent in 2014, May commented: “This country’s spirit is in places like Bedford, where I grew up, Kettering and Ipswich. The type of men I write about live outside big cities, lack self-confidence and rarely feature in contemporary fiction. Even Nick Hornby's characters are more sorted than mine." Life! Death! Prizes! Published by Bloomsbury, London, 2012 TAG. Published by Cinnamon Press, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2008 Stronger Than Skin. Published by Sandstone Academic Press, 2017

Plays The Reverse Is Also True (2015) The Valuation (2011) Write A Novel And Get It Published. Published by Teach Yourself, London, 2012