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Milan
The nemesis of deaf people and sign language is back!
248 pages, Paperback
First published October 23, 2003
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About the author
Nick Sturley
2 books3 followersNick Sturley was born in Basingstoke, Hants in 1967, but spent much of his childhood in Cornwall. He went to Burwood Park School and College in Surrey before returning to the South West to study Art & Design at Plymouth College of Art.
He moved up to Newcastle to undertake training in film and television production before setting up a short–lived production company in early 1992, Deaf Owl, with four other Deaf graduates from the course. After completing a successful four–year Usher in the Deaf Community Project with British Deaf Association and Sense, he moved to London as the Multimedia Information Officer for the BDA until 1999 when he retired from work due to deteriorating vision.
In 2003, he wrote his first award–winning novel, MILAN. He also wrote an ebook series for Deaf children, wrote articles for Deaf magazines and online blogs. He wrote scripts and directed two short comedy films for British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust’s BSL Zone, which were broadcast on television, the internet and shown at many film festivals around the world.
Innocents of Oppression is his second major novel.
He is Deaf, uses British Sign Language, and has Usher, which is a visual condition. He currently lives in Surrey.
He is currently writing his third novel called PINKY & DUMBO.
Photograph by iantreherne.co.uk
He moved up to Newcastle to undertake training in film and television production before setting up a short–lived production company in early 1992, Deaf Owl, with four other Deaf graduates from the course. After completing a successful four–year Usher in the Deaf Community Project with British Deaf Association and Sense, he moved to London as the Multimedia Information Officer for the BDA until 1999 when he retired from work due to deteriorating vision.
In 2003, he wrote his first award–winning novel, MILAN. He also wrote an ebook series for Deaf children, wrote articles for Deaf magazines and online blogs. He wrote scripts and directed two short comedy films for British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust’s BSL Zone, which were broadcast on television, the internet and shown at many film festivals around the world.
Innocents of Oppression is his second major novel.
He is Deaf, uses British Sign Language, and has Usher, which is a visual condition. He currently lives in Surrey.
He is currently writing his third novel called PINKY & DUMBO.
Photograph by iantreherne.co.uk
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