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Jonathan Coe

Writer

Books

Fiction

The Proof of My Innocence
Bournville
Mr Wilder and Me
Middle England
Number 11
Loggerheads and Other Stories
Expo 58
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
The Rain Before It Falls
The Closed Circle
The Rotters’ Club
The House of Sleep
What a Carve Up!
The Dwarves of Death
A Touch of Love
The Accidental Woman

Non-Fiction

Marginal Notes, Doubtful Statements: Non-fiction, 1990-2013
Like A Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson
James Stewart: Leading Man
Humphrey Bogart: Take It And Like It

Children’s

The Broken Mirror
The Story of Gulliver

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Jonathan Coe was born on 19 August 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham. His first surviving story, a detective thriller called The Castle of Mystery, was written at the age of eight. The first few pages of this story appear in his novel What a Carve Up!.

Recent updates

News

European tour

This autumn, the French and German editions of The Proof of My Innocence are being published, along with the UK paperback. I’ll be doing lots of public appearances – check out the Events page for full details.  

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Website update and new novel

After a long period of neglect, I’ve finally updated this website. Among other things  you will now find: An up-to-date events page New personal essays about my two most recent novels, Bournville and The Proof of My Innocence. (Go to the Books page and click on the covers to read these) The Proof of…

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Linktree

You can now use this link to buy my books, listen to my music and find me on social media. (I’m most active these days on Bluesky, and more occasionally on Instagram.)

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