Richard Skinner is the author of three novels published by Faber & Faber – The Red Dancer (translated into seven languages), The Velvet Gentleman (shortlisted for the Prix Livres & Musiques) and The Mirror as well as three books of poems published by Smokestack – the light user scheme (2013), Terrace (2015) and The Malvern Aviator (2018). His other books include a collection of essays Vade Mecum (2015), a biography The Busby Babes (2016) and Writing a Novel (2018). He is the Director of the Fiction Programme at Faber Academy.
