Monday, December 6, 2010

Telegraph ghost story competition: the shortlist

Novelist Susan Hill, Profile Books manager Andrew Franklin, and literary critic Lorna Bradbury judge the Telegraph ghost story competition. Prepare to be spooked by the winning tales...

 The winners:

Grace
by Gill Baconnier
Gill Baconnier lives in Grenoble, works with dyslexic French children and teaches English to anyone who will pay her. She is also an enthusiastic blogger.

Daniel’s Caul
by Ceri Hughes
Ceri Hughes...grew up happily in Cornwall. Loves writing short stories. However this is the first to be published, as her teenage son pressed "enter" for her.

A Hollow Cause
by Craig Drew
Craig Drew is a novelist and screenwriter, currently seeking representation for his gripping first novel and four-part TV thriller.


The Rites of Zhou
by Justin Crozier
Justin Crozier lives in Edinburgh with his wife and son. Now an investment writer, he previously edited dictionaries. He lived in China for four years.

Gimme Shelter
by Pat Black
Pat Black is a journalist and writer who has had a number of short stories published in the past year. She has written an unpublished comic novel, Snarl, examining the consequences of a giant monster attacking the UK. She lives in Glasgow with her tropical fish.

Friends 
by Richard Crompton
Richard Crompton is a TV producer. He currently lives in Kenya with his wife, three kids and various animals.

  From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books

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