Richard House

Richard House is a writer, artist, filmmaker and teacher. His first novel, Bruiser (Serpent’s Tail, 1997), was shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Gay Fiction Award in the USA. This was followed by Uninvited (Serpent’s Tail, 2001), and The Kills Quartet  (Picador, 2013). The Kills, the first book in the quartet, was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the 2013 Green Carnation Prize and the 2014 Gordon Burn Prize, and nominated for the 2014 South Bank Sky Arts Awards.

He is a member of the Chicago-based collaborative, Haha, whose work has appeared at the New Museum, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Venice Biennale.

Richard’s next novel, Monkey Williams is set to be published by Picador in 2025.