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Kneale (Thomas) Nigel
(1922—2006)

Born in 1922 the son of a local newspaper owner and editor on the Isle of Man, Nigel Kneale attempted a career as an actor before concentrating on writing. He won the Somerset Maugham award for short fiction in 1950 for a collection of stories entitled Tomato Cain all set in the Isle of Man's past. Influenced by his own personal experience the... More...

Isle of Man, 2003, «Quatermass and the Pit»