John Caine

Education

Caine was educated at Salford Grammar School.

Career

After National Service as Lieutenant in Malaya, Caine returned to the United Kingdom where he became writer-in-residence and then Chairman of Trustees of the Salford Playhouse before moving to London. A journalist and broadcaster, Caine writes for national newspapers, and broadcasts regularly as London correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada.

Achievements

His first novel A Nest of Singing Birds was awarded the prestigious Litchfield Prize. He has written plays for stage, radio and television, including Mister Lowry staged by the Bristol Old Vic and On the Knocker, a play for radio and winner of an LBC Radio Drama Award.

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John Caine

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Member of the Order of the British Empire Litchfield Prize