Jonathan Kemp (writer)
British writer
Jonathan Kemp (born 1967) is an English writer. He has published two novels, London Triptych and Ghosting, as well as one short-story collection, Twentysix, to date.
He won the Authors' Club First Novel Award in 2011 for London Triptych. The book was republished in North America by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013.
Originally from Manchester, Kemp teaches creative writing, literature and queer theory at Birkbeck, University of London. He is gay.
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