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Graham Swift


UK flag (b.1949)

Graham Swift is the author of the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in London, England.

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   The Sweet Shop Owner (1980)
   Shuttlecock (1981)
   Waterland (1983)
   Out of This World (1988)
   Ever After (1992)
   Last Orders (1996)
   The Light of Day (2002)
   Tomorrow (2007)
   Wish You Were Here (2011)
   Mothering Sunday (2016)
   Here We Are (2020)
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Collections
   Learning to Swim (1982)
   Poolside (2007) (with others)
   England and Other Stories (2014)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Chemistry (2008)
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Anthologies edited
   The Magic Wheel (1985)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Graham Swift recommends
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A Year of Last Things (2024)
Michael Ondaatje
"Michael Ondaatje defies the normal distinction between poet and novelist. His writing is consistently tuned to a visionary pitch."
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Resonating Bodies (1988)
Lynne Alexander
"A rare love duet of a novel."

Anthologies containing stories by Graham Swift

Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1983) : Waterland
Booker Prize Best Novel winner (1996) : Last Orders
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (1996) : Last Orders
Whitbread Prize Best Novel nominee (1996) : Last Orders
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) : Last Orders
Walter Scott Prize Best Historical Novel nominee (2017) : Mothering Sunday


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