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The write stuff: Nottinghamshire’s other literary starsAlan Sillitoe, the acclaimed author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, was born in Radford, Nottingham in 1928. After a stint working at the Raleigh Bicycle Factory, he became an air traffic control assistant. But it was during his recovery from tuberculosis that Alan first began to write his groundbreaking novel. More recently, the novelist has written Birthday, the sequel to Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and A Man of His Time, the story of a womanising Nottinghamshire blacksmith. In June 2008, Alan Sillitoe became an Honorary Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Read the complete list of Sillitoe's Nottingham books here. John Harvey, a master in contemporary crime writing, has written over 90 books. He studied at the University of Nottingham and taught Film and Literature there between 1980 and 1986. His most famous series, featuring detective Charlie Resnick, was set against a backdrop of Nottingham. These books have picked up numerous awards and commendations – for instance, The Times newspaper named Lonely Hearts as one of the 100 most notable crime novels of the last century. In addition, the fictional hero Resnick received a Sherlock Award for Best British Detective. Helen Cresswell was born in Nottingham, educated at Nottingham Girls High School, and until her death in September 2005, she lived locally in an old farmhouse. An acclaimed children's author, she wrote over 60 books including The Piemakers and The Night Watchmen (for which she won the Phoenix Award in 1988). Many of her books were televised on BBC’s Jackanory, and four were runners-up for the Carnegie Medal. In 2000, she was awarded a Bafta Children's Writers' award. She also wrote screenplays for acclaimed television drama serials like Lizzie Dripping, The Secret World of Polly Flint and Five Children and It.. Graham Greene was a versatile author famed for his serious religious novels. He was a former employee of the old Nottingham Daily Journal and it was here in Nottingham that he was instructed in the Roman Catholic faith. He left the city to become sub-editor on The Times and went on to write travel books, novels, short stories, plays and film scripts. J M Barrie, the celebrated children’s author, began his career in journalism on the Nottingham Daily Journal before moving to London. In fact, it’s rumoured that Peter Pan was inspired by a Nottingham street urchin. < back to Literature & legend
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