Younge, Gary 1969-

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YOUNGE, Gary 1969-

PERSONAL: Born 1969, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Education: Graduated from City University, London, England, 1993.

ADDRESSES: Home—London, England. Agent—c/o Author Mail, University Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Rd., Jackson, MS 39211.

CAREER: Guardian, London, England, columnist.

AWARDS, HONORS: Guardian First Book Award, for No Place like Home: A Black Briton's Journey through the American South.

WRITINGS:

No Place like Home: A Black Briton's Journey through the American South, Picador (London, England), 1999, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 2002.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Sunday Times, October 10, 1999, review of No Place like Home: A Black Briton's Journey through the American South, p. 38.

Times Educational Supplement, October 15, 1999, Reva Klein, review of No Place like Home, p. C10.

Times Literary Supplement, January 7, 2000, Martin Fletcher, review of No Place like Home, p. 27.*