Adam Maxwell

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Adam Maxwell (born October 24, 1976) is an English writer. He has a degree in English Studies and a master's degree in creative writing.

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Writing Style

Adam Maxwell's subject matter tends towards the surreal or at the very least weird. His work is often peppered with references to popular culture and he tends towards finding humor in strange places. Maxwell adopts a relatively minimalist approach to writing which is often echoed in the length of his stories. His longer works tend to use this brevity to drive the story forward with a frenetic pace. His writing style is hard to pinpoint and as a result has been published in a plethora of publications and genres including fiction, semi-fiction, non-fiction and working with illustrators on children's stories to name but a few. He has been published widely in both print and online including in Dave Eggers' McSweeney's and his writing has been described in the press as a 'Chandler-esque hard-boiled cocktail, stirred with equal parts humour, mystery, gut-wrenching realism, and trademark minimalism', 'weird, wonderful, twisted and witty' and even 'almost Fawlty Towers' which is, unsurprisingly, one of his favourites.

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Bibliography

Fiction

• Dial M For Monkey (stories) (2006)
• The Night Before The Christmas Before I Was Married & other festive tales (short stories) (2009)
• The Defective Detective : Cat Chaser (novella) (2010)
• Chills, Kills and Snowflakes (short stories) (2010)
• Lost the Plot? 500 Writing Prompts and How To Use Them (non fiction) (2011)
• The Lost Bookshop : The Mystery of the Missing Monkey (children's chapter book) (2014)
• The Lost Bookshop : The Search for the Sheriff's Star (children's chapter book) (2015)
• The Lost Bookshop : The Witch With The Glitch (children's chapter book) (2015)
• The Dali Deception (novel) (2016)
• The Lost Bookshop : Pirates versus Ninjas (forthcoming children's chapter book) (2016)
• Security Has Been Called (forthcoming short story collection) (2016)

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Awards

• 2008: Best Podcasting Campaign 2007/08 from North East Digital Awards for his short story podcast.

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External links

• Adam Maxwell's Fiction Lounge (official)
• 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun' by Adam Maxwell on McSweeney's Internet Tendency

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References

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