Andrew Crumey
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Andrew Crumey is a novelist and former literary editor of the Scotland on Sunday
newspaper. He was born in Kirkintilloch
, north of Glasgow
, Scotland
. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of St Andrews
and holds a PhD
in theoretical physics
from Imperial College, London
. In 2006 he was the fifth recipient of the Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award. He now lectures part-time on creative writing at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman...
newspaper. He was born in Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch is a town and former burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about eight miles northeast of central Glasgow...
, north of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
and holds a PhD
PHD
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in theoretical physics
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
from Imperial College, London
London
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. In 2006 he was the fifth recipient of the Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award. He now lectures part-time on creative writing at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Works
- Music in a Foreign Language (1994)
- PfitzPfitzPfitz is a novel by Scottish physicist and author Andrew Crumey. It concerns an 18th century German prince who dedicates his life to the construction of imaginary cities. The name Pfitz is taken from an inhabitant of one of the prince's fanciful cities, Rreinnstadt.In 1997, the book was named a...
(1995) - D’Alembert’s Principle (1996)
- Mr Mee (2000)
- Mobius DickMobius DickMobius Dick is a novel by Andrew Crumey.It features a parallel world in which Nazi Germany invaded Britain and Erwin Schrödinger failed to find the wave equation that bears his name. This world becomes connected to our world due to experiments with quantum computers.The science-fiction plot...
(2004) - Sputnik CaledoniaSputnik CaledoniaSputnik Caledonia is a novel by Andrew Crumey, for which he won the Northern Rock Foundation Writer’s Award. It depicts a Scottish boy who longs to be a spaceman, is transported to a parallel communist Scotland where he takes part in a space mission to a black hole, and returns to the real world...
(2008)
See also
- List of fictional books#Works invented by Andrew Crumey
- List of comic and cartoon characters named after people
- List of fiction employing parallel universes
- List of fictional universes#Alternate history Earth
- List of historical novelists#C
- List of postmodern authors#C
- List of Scottish novelists#C
- List of English novelists#C