1. Graham William Joyce was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O Henry Award, the World Fantasy Award, and six times the British Fantasy Award for both his novels and short stories.
19 Facts About Graham Joyce
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The son of a working-class parents, Joyce grew up in Keresley, a small mining village just outside Coventry, before moving to live in Leicester.
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Graham Joyce says in interview: 'It's true that I have been surrounded by strong women.
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Graham Joyce was awarded a PhD degree by publication at Nottingham Trent University, where he taught creative writing from 1996 until his death and was made a reader in creative writing.
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Graham Joyce was the regular first-choice goalkeeper for the England Writers football team, appearing in international fixtures against Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Israel, Hungary, Turkey and Austrian Writers teams.
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Graham Joyce described his footballing experiences in his non-fiction book Simple Goalkeeping Made Spectacular.
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Graham Joyce was a supporter of Coventry City FC and occasionally wrote pieces for fanzines.
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Graham Joyce had been diagnosed with Mantle Cell lymphoma in 2013.
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Graham Joyce said "your life is suddenly propelled along a remorseless narrative that has the structure of all great mythical journeys".
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Graham Joyce lived in Wistow, near Leicester, with his wife and their two children.
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Graham Joyce utilizes a wide variety of settings and character perspectives.
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Graham Joyce has penned for both adult and juvenile protagonists, with an emphasis on strong female characters.
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Graham Joyce's fiction has always displayed a certain generosity of spirit that lifts it above the ordinary.
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Graham Joyce published Memoirs of a Master Forger under a pseudonym, William Heaney.
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Graham Joyce told the Guardian that because it was 'a book about forged manuscripts, faked personalities and literary hoaxes.
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Graham Joyce would fall asleep in a chair, there would be a knock on the door, she would go to the door, someone strange would come to the door and deliver a message.
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Graham Joyce disagrees with this, feeling that his lineage is tied more closely to writers of the English "weird tale" such as Arthur Machen or Algernon Blackwood.
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Graham Joyce co-wrote song lyrics for French songwriter and composer Emilie Simon on her albums The Big Machine and Franky Knight.
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On 16 January 2009, the site Computer and Video Games reported that Graham Joyce had been hired by id Software to "help develop the storyline potential" of Doom 4; after Joyce died in 2014, Adam Gascoine was brought in as a replacement.