Paul Meloy | |
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Born | 1966 Surrey, England |
Occupation | Psychiatric Nurse & Writer |
Nationality | British |
Period | Present |
Genre | Horror & Fantasy |
Subject | English Literature |
Paul Meloy is an English born writer of what Graham Joyce referred to as Fractured Realism.
"Paul Meloy is the best writer of short stories in Britain".
Meloy was born in Surrey in 1966. He went to school in Sutton. He has worked in a variety of mental health settings, institutions and environments with people who have mental health issues or learning disabilities. His writing shows that his life as a mental health professional has influenced his work. He is married and lives in Torquay in Devon.
Meloy has a long history with TTA Press, debuting in The Third Alternative #14 with The Last Great Paladin of Idle Conceit. The magazine Black Static, the successor to The Third Alternative, borrowed its name from another Meloy story and in 2008 TTA Press published a critically acclaimed collection of his work, Islington Crocodiles.
Islington Crocodiles is a chronological collection of Meloy’s short stories.