In a sense, all of us are liars. Fiction is a lie; acting is lying. But if you want to know a bit more about the people who make the lies come true, read on ... (In alphabetical order):
Tim Aldrich
has written and edited magazine articles and several books including Making the Net Work and About Time. He also advised on the writing of Taking Liberties, the book of the Bafta-nominated documentary. A short story writer and performer, Tim regularly hosts Liars' League events.
Michael Caines
works for the Times Literary Supplement. He has edited anthologies of plays by eighteenth-century women and contemporary works about the actor David Garrick, and co-edited books about Shakespeare and the Romantic poets. In 2007 he held a short-term fellowship at the Huntington Library in Los Angeles, and his reviews have appeared in the TLS, the Church Times and the Book Collector. He has also blogged for the Guardian. His adaptation of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen was performed at Jackson's Lane, Highgate, in 2002.
Ben Crystal studied English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University before training as an actor at Drama Studio London. He has since acted in TV, film, and theatre around the world, including the reconstructed Shakespeare’s Globe, London. He is a narrator for RNIB Talking Books and narrates for Channel 4 and the BBC. He co-wrote Shakespeare’s Words (Penguin 2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (Penguin 2005) with David Crystal, and his first solo book Shakespeare on Toast was published in 2008 (Icon). He regularly gives workshops on performing and speaking Shakespeare. He lives in London. His website is www.bencrystal.com
Katy Darby studied English at Oxford University and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, where she received the David Higham Award. Her work has won several prizes, been read on BBC Radio, and appeared in various magazines and anthologies including Stand, Mslexia, The London Magazine and the Fish & Arvon anthologies. She teaches Short Story Writing and Novel Writing at City University, London, and her first novel, The Whores' Asylum, was published by Penguin in February 2012. Her personal website is www.katydarby.com.
Tom McKay
has spent the last three years lecturing in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting at Buckinghamshire University. He studied creative writing in the US and got his Master’s from UEA Norwich. He currently lectures at the Open University, and publishes short stories and poetry. He is working on his first novel.
Tessa North has been writing fiction for several years. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, and has also studied in Texas and London. She is currently working on a historical novel.
Lucie Whitehouse has worked for high-profile literary agencies since 2002, both helping to develop new writers and selling their work internationally. Her own first novel, The House at Midnight, was published by Bloomsbury in January 2008 and her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio Four. She speaks regularly at conferences and workshops for new writers.
ASSOCIATE LIARS
Andrew Lloyd-Jones was born in London, England and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He won the Fish P rize with his story “Feathers and Cigarettes”, and his writing has featured in the Tales of the Decongested anthologies, in the Canongate collection Original Sins and in the Pulp.net anthology Down the Angel. Andrew now lives and writes in New York, where he is a founder of Liars' League NYC.
David Mildon is an actor and playwright, with an MA in Scriptwriting from the Boston Writers' Program. As an actor, he has appeared in the West End and his work has been staged by Soho Theatre as part of the Westminster Prize readings.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Gaurav Sarin is an architect by training, artist by moonlight and photographer by chance - he like s to explore various creative avenues. He runs his own small and well-formed design studio working on a wide range of projects, from one-off residences to large masterplans. Born in India, he has been in London for just over 10 years now and is loving every minute of it. Can be found at: www.gauravsarin.net
