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Keith Gray

Keith GrayAuthor File - Keith Gray
Website - www.keith-gray.com

Biography
I was brought up in Grimsby and as a child tried to avoid books. I was an eager rebel and a particularly enthusiastic pain-in-the-backside, but a reluctant reader. Teachers urged and parents moaned, but all in vain. Books were a necessary chore, like washing my dad’s car. I think everyone was surprised (even me) when I raced through Robert Westall’s The Machine Gunners from cover to cover – twice. This book was the starting point for me, making me want to write my own stories. My first book Creepers was published when I was 24 and it was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award. I have since written ten books including Warehouse (also shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award and winner of the Angus Book Award), Marlarkey (shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize and winner of the South Lanarkshire Book Award) and for younger readers The Runner (winner of a Smarties Silver Medal). I lectured for two years in Creative Writing at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, where I enjoyed working with people who shared the same interests and ambitions as I have. I now live in Edinburgh with my partner Jasmine and our parrot, Bellamy. I spend much of my time visiting schools to pass on my love of books and writing, as well as reviewing teenage fiction for the Guardian and the Scotsman. Keith is currently on-line writer in residence for the Scottish Book Trust.
Selected Books


ghostingGhosting by Keith Gray
Nate and his sister Sandy are fake mediums and don't believe in the ghosts they pretend to see. That is, until the real ghosts of a serial killer's victims appear with a message for Sandy. This title is shortlisted for the Grampian Children's Book Award 2009.




fearfulThe Fearful by Keith Gray
William Milmullen took six pupils to the lakeside, but returned only after a creature devoured the six boys right before his eyes. He named the creature 'The Mourn', and declared himself 'Mourner'. He took the responsibility to appease the creature by feeding livestock and vowed his family would be responsible for the safety of the town.



ostrich boys Ostrich boys by Keith Gray
Kenny, Sim and Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey of friendship. Stealing the urn containing the ashes of their best friend Ross, they set out from Cleethorpes on the east coast to travel the 261 miles to the tiny hamlet of Ross in Dumfries and Galloway.