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John Mullan is a professor in the English department at UCL. He writes the regular 'Guardian Book Club' column on fiction in the Guardian and frequently appears on the BBC's Review Show. He was a judge of the 'Best of the Booker Prize' in 2008 and a judge of the Man Booker Prize itself in 2009. He has lectured widely on Jane Austen in the UK and also in the US, and makes regular appearances at the UK literary festivals.
Praise for How Novels Work : 'Expanding on his popular Guardian column, and focusing on a set of key novels, How Novels Work ... is rich in critical and literary-historical insights ... which...[are], above all, communicated in plain English' TLS 'Ever insightful ... wholly satisfying, and a great education for book-lovers and would-be novelists alike' Financial Times 'A brilliant crash course in contemporary fiction' Waterstones Books Quarterly
