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Dan Rhodes (born 1972) is an English writer, possibly best known for the novel ''Timoleon Vieta Come Home'' (2003), a subversion of the popular ''Lassie Come Home'' movie. He is also the author of ''Anthropology'' (2000), a collection of 101 stories, each consisting of exactly 101 words. In 2010 he was awarded the E. M. Forster Award.〔http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4777:rhodes-wins-e-m-forster-award&catid=913:prizes&Itemid=94〕 Following the publication of his second book, Rhodes's frustration with the publishing industry led him to announce his retirement from writing, though he later said, "I haven't really given up. I'm certainly not making any more grand pronouncements. I was just sick of the business and wanted out. Not just the publishers; everyone around me." Rhodes was included on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list in 2003, to his own bemusement and frustration, partly because of Granta's selection methods ("It's one thing to judge a writer by stuff they've written, but to judge them on stuff they're going to write is lunacy") but also because some of the others on the list failed to respond to his request to sign a joint statement protesting against the Iraq war.〔〔Gallix, Andrew. (A small but satisfactory kick in Blair's nuts ), 3ammagazine.com, July 2003.〕 As of May 2015, Rhodes's most recent novel is ''When The Professor Got Stuck in the Snow'', a "rural farce" about a visit to an obscure English village by a fictional Richard Dawkins. Rhodes initially self-published the novel in February 2014 stating on his (blog ) that he wanted to get the book out faster than conventional publishing allows, although it soon became apparent that formal publishers were loath to publish the novel for fear of legal action from Professor Richard Dawkins. Rhodes appealed repeatedly to Dawkins, a defender of satire and free speech, for permission to "publish and be damned" but received no response. In April 2015 however Rhodes (announced ) that the novel will be published by Aardvark Bureau in October 2015. Rhodes is married with two children.〔 ==Background== Rhodes grew up in Devon,〔(Writer hopes readers give his new book a big hand ), thisisderbyshire.co.uk.〕 and graduated in Humanities from the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) in 1994, returning in 1997 to complete an MA in Creative Writing.〔(Volume 6 Issue 1 2010 ) of The Scottish Review of Books〕 ''Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love'' was written at this time. He has held a variety of jobs, including stockroom assistant for Waterstone's, barman in his parents' pub, and a teacher in Ho Chi Minh City. He has also worked on a fruit and vegetable farm.〔Evans, Lloyd. (A writer's life: Dan Rhodes ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', 22 March 2003.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Rhodes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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