Coleman, Terry

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COLEMAN, Terry

COLEMAN, Terry. British, b. 1931. Genres: Novels, History, Politics/Government, Transportation, Biography, Documentaries/Reportage. Career: Arts correspondent, then Chief Feature Writer, The Guardian newspaper, London, 1961-74; Special Writer, Daily Mail newspaper, London, 1974-76; Chief Feature Writer, 1976-79, New York Correspondent, 1981, and Special Correspondent, 1982-89, The Guardian; Associate Editor, The Independent, London 1989-91. Feature Writer of the Year, British Press Awards, 1981; Journalist of the Year, Granada Awards, 1988. Publications: The Railway Navies, 1965; A Girl for the Afternoons (novel), 1965; (co-author) Providence and Mr. Hardy, 1966; The Only True History, 1969; Passage to America (in US as Going to America), 1972; The Pantheretti (poems), 1973; (ed.) T. Hardy, The Poor Man and the Lady, 1974; The Liners, 1976; The Scented Brawl, 1978; Southern Cross (novel), 1979; Thanksgiving (novel), 1981; Movers and Shakers: Collected Interviews, 1987; Thatcher's Britain, 1987; Empire (novel) 1994; Nelson: Man and Legend (biography; in US as The Nelson Touch), 2001. Address: c/o PFD, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St, London WC2B 5HA, England.