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Matthew Yorke (born 24 November 1958) is a British novelist and editor.

Yorke is the son of novelist Emma Tennant and Sebastian Yorke, son of Henry Green.

His novels include:

The March Fence (Penguin, 1988), winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.

Chancing It (Waywiser Press, 2005), Book of the Year Nominations: The Scotsman, The Daily Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement.

Pictures of Lily (Corsair, 2010), shortlisted for Not the Booker Prize.

Fish Tale (Cogito, 2022).

He has also edited Surviving: The Uncollected Works of Henry Green (his grandfather, whose real name was Henry Yorke).

References

1. Wilson, Frances (31 January 2017). "Emma Tennant obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
2. Grimes, William (29 January 2017). "Emma Tennant, Who Wrote Beyond the Fringe of Realism, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

External links

• Matthew Yorke at Waywiser Press
• Synopsis of Pictures of Lily at Constable & Robinson

• 1958 births
• Living people
• 20th-century British novelists
• 21st-century British novelists
• British male novelists
• Tennant family
• Yorke family
• 20th-century British male writers
• 21st-century British male writers