Author Bio
• Birth—February 7, 1950
• Where—London, England, UK
• Education—Stonyhurst College
• Awards—Premio Flaiano Prize (Italy)
• Currently—lives in New York, New York, USA
Patrick McGrath is a British novelist whose work has been categorized as gothic fiction. He was born in London, grew up near Broadmoor Hospital where his father was Medical Superintendent, and was educated at Stonyhurst College.
He is the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including Asylum (1996), Martha Peake (2000), Port Mungo (2004), Trauma (2008), and Spider (1990), which was adapted into a 2002 David Cronenberg film. His fiction is principally characterised by the first person unreliable narrator, and recurring subject matter in his work includes mental illness, repressed homosexuality and adulterous relationships. His novel Martha Peake won the Premio Flaiano Prize in Italy.
He is married to actress Maria Aitken and lives in New York City. (Adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 6//4/2013.)
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