Niall Griffiths

Niall Griffiths (b. 1966) is a writer living in Aberystwyth, Wales. He is a regular contributor to the BBC and the Guardian, the author of non-fiction works and eight novels: Grits (2000), Sheepshagger (2001), Kelly + Victor (2002), Stump (2003), Wreckage (2005), Runt (2005), The Dreams of Max and Ronnie (2010) and A Great Big Shining Star (2013). Griffiths' fourth novel, Stump, won the Wales Book of the Year Award. A film adaptation of his third novel, Kelly + Victor (2012) , won a BAFTA. In 2014, Griffiths is working on the screenplay for his sixth novel, Wreckage, and a new novel, Broken Ghost. Niall Griffiths is an honorary professor at Wolverhampton University in the United Kingdom, where he teaches in the creative writing program. He is represented by the Rogers, Coleridge and White agency.