Mick Jackson was born in Lancashire. He has written and directed several short films. His first novel, THE UNDERGROUND MAN (about which The Times said ‘soaked through with originality and expertly written’), was shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize and Whitbread First Novel Prize, and won the Royal Society of Authors First Novel Award. His second novel, FIVE BOYS, was published by Faber in 2001. A collection of fable-like stories, TEN SORRY TALES, was published by Faber in July 2005. Five of these tales were read on Radio 3 by actors including Alan Bennett and Miriam Margolies. He has recently published BEARS OF ENGLAND, which like TEN SORRY TALES is illustrated by David Roberts.

Mick's first full-length television drama, ROMAN ROAD (written under his given name, Kirkham Jackson), starring Alan Davies, John Gordon Sinclair and Anna Chancellor, was broadcast on ITV1 on New Year's Eve 2004.

Mick's latest novel is THE WIDOW'S TALE.

In 2011 Mick Jackson was appointed writer-in-residence at the Science Museum in London. He lives in Brighton with his wife and son.

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BEARS OF ENGLAND - There is a stirring in the forest of history and through the mists of time come the bears. Their heavy tread and a distant cry can be heard resounding through the centuries: “Come, bears of England,...
FIVE BOYS - When Bobby is evacuated in 1941 from London to a remote village in Devon, he imagines his life has come to an end. In fact, a new and very strange life is about to begin. Abandoned by its men-folk,...
JUNIOR SCIENCE - Published as an ebook original to tie in with Mick Jackson's appointment as the first writer-in-residence at the Science Museum, JUNIOR SCIENCE comprises three stories - 'Zero Gravity', 'The Answering...
TEN SORRY TALES - A boy who sleeps through his teenage years, a pair of spinsters who collect young men in a highly unorthodox manner, a young man who answers an advertisement for a 'hermit wanted', and a...
THE WIDOW'S TALE - A newly-widowed woman has done a runner. She just jumped in her car, abandoned her (very nice) house in north London and kept on driving until she reached the Norfolk coast. Now she’s rented a tiny...