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Ken Blakemore was born in Bunbury, Cheshire and educated at Hull University and Birmingham University.  

A member of the Society of Authors, Ken has been a full-time writer since 2007, when he completed an MA with Distinction in Creative and Media Writing at Swansea University.

Ken has written fiction, poetry, short stories, a 1950s childhood memoir (Sunnyside Down), a radio drama for Radio 4’s Afternoon Play (Human Studies) and two stage plays, as well as five academic books and numerous articles on topics in the areas of sociology and policy. He’s also written course material for the Open University on health and social welfare.

If you’re interested in reading Ken’s latest novel – a future fiction thriller called Hour of the Raven - use the Fiction link.

If it’s Britain in the Fifties you’re interested in – the music, the food, TV and radio, going to school – then for Sunnyside Down - Ken’s humorous take on growing up in the Cheshire village of Bunbury, use the 1950s link.

And if you’d like to know more about Ken Blakemore’s popular textbooks on social issues, or his other academic books, click on Academic.