Jonathan Lee (novelist)
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| Born |
24 April 1981 Surrey, England |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 2010 -- present |
| Notable work | Who Is Mr Satoshi? (2010), Joy (2012), High Dive (2015) |
| Awards |
Society of Authors K. Blundell Trust Award (2013); Desmond Elliott Prize (Shortlisted) (2012); Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection (2015); Encore Award (Shortlisted) (2013); MJA Open Book Award (shortlisted) (2013); Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award (Longlisted) (2014) |
Society of Authors K. Blundell Trust Award (2013); Desmond Elliott Prize (Shortlisted) (2012); Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection (2015); Encore Award (Shortlisted) (2013); MJA Open Book Award (shortlisted) (2013);
Jonathan Lee (born 24 April 1981) is a British writer best known as the author of the novels Who Is Mr Satoshi?,Joy, and High Dive.The Guardian has described Lee as "a major new voice in British fiction."
On publication Who Is Mr Satoshi was reviewed by the British press. The Observer called it 'elegant and incisive',The Independent said it was a 'masterful first novel',The Daily Telegraph called it a 'funny, insightful and beautiful' and the Daily Mail described the novel as 'dream-like ... an unusual, playful and clever book. The novel was also praised by several well-known literary fiction writers, including Giles Foden, author of The Last King Of Scotland, who called it 'funny and moving'.
Who Is Mr Satoshi was a runner up in the Edinburgh Festival's First Book Award 2010 and led to Jonathan Lee being shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for literature 2011.
The author's agents, Aitken Alexander Associates Ltd, state on their website that Jonathan Lee was born in Surrey in 1981, graduated from the University of Bristol with a First in English Literature and was working as a solicitor when he wrote his debut novel.
Lee's second novel, Joy, was released in June 2012. It was widely reviewed, with the Observer declaring that it is 'exquisitely and surprisingly written ... it proves that Lee is a significant talent', the Literary Review saying it is 'an enormously impressive piece of storytelling' and Henry Sutton writing in The Mirror that ‘Lee’s the real deal – a British writer on the cusp of greatness ... A brilliant & powerful dissection of modern Britain’ . Booker Prize shortlisted author A.D. Miller said that ‘with its supple prose, ingenious structure, wit & slow-burn sympathy, Joy is a sly miracle of a novel’. However, some reviewers such as the reviewer on the Book Oxygen blog were far more critical, arguing that the book is unnecessarily 'complex and demanding' and can at times 'feel like a product'. An article in The Guardian alleged that Joy was inspired by the death of an ex-colleague of Lee's in 2007, while Lee was working as a lawyer at the same law company.
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