Jim Crace

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born

March 01, 1946 in Hertfordshire, England, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.jim-crace.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

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James "Jim" Crace is a contemporary English writer. The winner of numerous awards, Crace also has a large popular following. He currently lives in the Moseley area of Birmingham with his wife. They have two children, Thomas Charles Crace (born 1981) and the actress Lauren Rose Crace, who played Danielle Jones in EastEnders.

Crace grew up with his siblings Richard, Cyril, and Graham in Forty Hill, an area at the far northern point of Greater London, close to Enfield where Crace attended Enfield Grammar School. He studied for a degree at the Birmingham College of Commerce (now part of Birmingham City University), where he was enrolled as an external student of the University of London. After securing a BA (Hons) in English Literature in 1968,...more

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Books by Jim Crace

Average rating: 3.56 · 4,626 ratings · 706 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Being Dead 3.66 avg rating — 1,719 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Pesthouse 3.41 avg rating — 982 ratings — published 2007 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Quarantine 3.59 avg rating — 880 ratings — published 1997 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Larder 3.82 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 1901 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Gift Of Stones 3.71 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Continent 3.59 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Arcadia 3.42 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Signals of Distress: A Novel 3.52 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	My rating:
	All That Follows 2.78 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Genesis: A Novel 2.86 avg rating — 73 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Jim Crace

“There is no remedy for death--or birth--except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.”
― Jim Crace, Being Dead

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“...crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back.”
― Jim Crace, The Pesthouse

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