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Tariq Goddard
Tariq Goddard (born 1975) is a British novelist and publisher. He has written five novels, the first of which ''Homage to a Firing Squad'', was short-listed for the Whitbread Book Award for First Novel. His first three novels were published by Sceptre. In 2007, he founded the independent publishing company, Zero Books.
==Life and career==
Goddard was born in London and read philosophy at King's College, London, and Continental Philosophy at the University of Warwick and the University of Surrey. In 2002 his first novel, ''Homage to a Firing Squad'', was nominated for the Whitbread (Costa) Book Award for First Novel.〔BBC News (14 November 2002). ("Couple battle for Whitbread prize" )〕〔Patalay, Ajesh (8 August 2005). ("Fashion junkie: Tariq Goddard" ). ''Daily Telegraph''〕 It was also nominated for the Wodehouse-Bollinger (Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse) Comic Writing Award.〔''The Guardian'' (2002). ("In search of funny fiction" )〕 He was included as one of Waterstones' 'Faces of the Future' and the novel, whose film rights where sold,〔''The Scotsman'' (6 December 2002). ("Free spirit looks back in anger" )〕 was listed as one of ''The Observers Four Debuts of the year.
In 2003 his second novel, ''Dynamo'', was cited as one of the ten best sports novels of all time by The Observer Sports Magazine. ''The Morning Rides Behind Us'', his third novel, was released in 2005,〔James, Urquhart (7 September 2005). ("The Morning Rides Behind Us by Tariq Goddard" ). ''The Independent'' 〕 and short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Fiction. In 2010 ''The Picture of Contented New Wealth'', his fourth novel, won The Independent Publishers Award for Horror Writing and he was awarded a development grant by The Royal Literary Fund. ''The Message'', published in 2011 and set in a fictional African state,〔 BBC2 The Review Show (30 September 2011). 〕 received Silver at the 2012 Independent Publishers Award for Literary Fiction. 〔''Independent Publisher''. ("2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results" ). Jenkins Group〕 As of 2015, he is writing his sixth novel ''Nature and Necessity''.
In 2007 Goddard began the imprint Zero Books. In 2014 he and his co-founders left Zero Books and started Repeater Books.〔''3:AM Magazine'' (5 December 2014). (Why we Quit: Tariq Goddard on Leaving Zero Books" )〕 He lives on a farm in Wiltshire with his wife and children.〔Repeater Books. (Tariq Goddard )〕
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