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name: Steven Boykey Sidley
about: Award-winning and multi-shortlisted novelist STEVEN BOYKEY SIDLEY hasmeandered through careers as an animator, chief technology officer for aFortune 500 company, jazz musician, software developer, video gamedesigner, private equity investor and high technology entrepreneur. He has written 4 novels, with a 5th to be published August 2019. Sidley's writing has been variously compared by reviewers to Philip Roth (Elle), Martin Amis (Rene Montagne, NPR) and John Power (Booklist)2013 - Winner of UJ Debut Fiction Award for Entanglement (Picador SA)2013 - Shortlisted for Sunday Times Fiction Prize for Entanglement2013 - Shortlisted for MNet Literary Award for Entanglement2014 - Shortlisted for UJ Main Fiction Award for Stepping Out2015 - Longliste Award-winning and multi-shortlisted novelist STEVEN BOYKEY SIDLEY hasmeandered through careers as an animator, chief technology officer for aFortune 500 company, jazz musician, software developer, video gamedesigner, private equity investor and high technology entrepreneur. He has written 4 novels, with a 5th to be published August 2019. Sidley's writing has been variously compared by reviewers to Philip Roth (Elle), Martin Amis (Rene Montagne, NPR) and John Power (Booklist)2013 - Winner of UJ Debut Fiction Award for Entanglement (Picador SA)2013 - Shortlisted for Sunday Times Fiction Prize for Entanglement2013 - Shortlisted for MNet Literary Award for Entanglement2014 - Shortlisted for UJ Main Fiction Award for Stepping Out2015 - Longlisted for Sunday Times Fiction Prize for Imperfect SoloOctober 2015 - Imperfect Solo (Belfond translation) selected for Le GrandLivre du Mois, France's most prestigious national literary book club2017 - Free Association published by Picador SA and sold to Belfond, France2018 - Invited to perform Telling Stories, a one-man show, at WilliamKentridge Centre for the Less Good Idea2019 - Launch of Imperfect Solo in the US2019 - Launch of Leaving Word in SA (August) ...more