"Fabulous Storytelling" Mick Herron
I have been writing and publishing books on a variety of topics since my bestselling Angry White Pyjamas came out in 1997. Other bestsellers include Red Nile, a biography of the River Nile. In total I have written 15 mainstream books translated into 16 languages. The include creative non-fiction, novels, memoir, travel and self-help. My publishers include Harper Collins, Picador, Penguin and Hachette. I have won several awards including two top national prizes- the Somerset Maugham literary award and the William Hill sportsbook of the Year Award. I have also won the Newdigate Prize for poetry- one of the oldest poetry prizes in the world; past winners include Oscar Wilde, James Fenton and Fiona Sampson.
A more recent success was Micromastery, published by Penguin in the US and the UK as well as selling in eight other countries.
Micromastery is a way of learning new skills more efficiently. I include these methods when I coach people who want to improve as writers. If that's you, go to the section of this site titled I CAN HELP YOU WRITE. I have taught creative writing in schools and universities but I now find coaching and editing is where I can deliver the most value. In the past I have taught courses in both fiction and memoir at Moniack Mhor, the former Arvon teaching centre in Scotland.
"Micromastery is a triumph. A brilliant idea, utterly convincing, and superbly carried through" - Philip Pullman
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 3:54AM Robert talks with Sandi Toksvig about about his epic expedition across Canada by birchbark canoe, for the BBC radio show 'Excess Baggage',
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/excessbaggage/index_20060211.shtml
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 3:49AM Robert discusses the book The Rash Adventurer by Imogen Grundon about the life of archaeologist, guerilla leader, scholar and athlete John Pendlebury, for The Daily Mail,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-463039/Bring-glass-eye-Cretan-Lawrence.html
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5:34AM Robert describes Cairo nightlife after 1001 nights of living in the city, for CNN Traveller,
http://www.cnntraveller.com/2008/09/01/hello-darkness-my-old-friend/
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5:26AM Robert talks about The Explorer School and the skills needed for desert exploration, for CNN Traveller,
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 5:16AM Robert describes an event during his expedition across Canada by birchbark canoe, and how 'adventures' are often the result of escape from an elementary blunder...
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/against-the-current-571455.html
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 5:13AM Robert swaps the dream of living in France for the exotic allure of Egypt
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/property/my-flight-into-egypt-561275.html
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 5:05AM Robert describes a journey to the Gilf Kebir in the western corner of the Egyptian Sahara, in an article from The Independent,
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/in-the-footsteps-of-count-laszlo-492253.html