Alison Moore was born in Manchester in 1971. She lives in a village on the Leicestershire-Nottinghamshire border. She is a member of Nottingham Writers Studio and an honorary lecturer in the School of English at Nottingham University.
In 2012 her novel The Lighthouse, the unsettling tale of a middle-aged man who embarks on a contemplative German walking holiday after the break-up of his marriage only to find himself more alienated than ever, was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize. Her other title's include He Wants, Death and the Seaside, Missing, and The Harvestman.
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