Stephen Kelman is an English novelist who grew up on the Marsh Farm council estate in Luton. He studied marketing at the University of Bedfordshire, and subsequently worked in a factory before writing Pigeon English. From a young age he wanted to be a writer and was inspired by the murder of Damilola Taylor to write his debut novel Pigeon English. It was a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Man Booker Prize the Desmond Elliot Prize, the 2011 writer of the year and the guardian first book award. He now lives with his wife Uzma in St. Albans.
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