Dan Rhodes facts for kids

Dan Rhodes is an English writer born in 1972. He is well-known for his novel Timoleon Vieta Come Home (2003). This book is a fun twist on the classic Lassie Come Home movie. He also wrote Anthropology (2000). This book has 101 short stories, each exactly 101 words long. In 2010, he won the E. M. Forster Award.

About Dan Rhodes

Dan Rhodes grew up in Devon, England. He studied Humanities at the University of Glamorgan. This university is now called the University of South Wales. He graduated in 1994. Later, in 1997, he went back to get a master's degree. This degree was in Creative Writing. He wrote his book Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love during this time.

Dan has had many different jobs. He worked in a bookshop stockroom. He was also a barman in his parents' pub. For a while, he taught in Ho Chi Minh City. He has also worked on a fruit and vegetable farm. Today, he still works as a postman.

Writing Career Highlights

After his second book came out, Dan felt frustrated with the publishing world. He even said he would stop writing. But he later explained, "I haven't really given up. I was just tired of the business." He meant he was tired of how books are published and sold.

In 2003, Dan Rhodes was named one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by a magazine called Granta. This surprised him a lot. He found it strange that they judged writers on books they hadn't even written yet.

In 2014, Dan decided to publish a novel himself. The book was called When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow. It's a funny story about a famous scientist visiting a small English village. He published it himself to get the book out faster.

In 2021, a company called Lightning Books published his novel Sour Grapes. This book is a funny story about the world of books and writers. It takes place at a book festival in the countryside.

Dan Rhodes is married and has two children.