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Keith Blackburn
The son of a sculptor and monumental mason, Keith Blackburn was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, and studied art at Wakefield Technical and Art College. Later he trained as a...view moreThe son of a sculptor and monumental mason, Keith Blackburn was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, and studied art at Wakefield Technical and Art College. Later he trained as a teacher and became a lecturer in arts and crafts while painting and writing in his spare time.
He became a full-time artist in 1989 and has since lived in Cornwall and Holland where he has held several one-man exhibitions of his painting.
He wrote his first novel at the age of twenty-one and has since combined working as a painter with writing. His first published novel was Between Septembers in 1994. This was followed in 1997 by a collection of short stories, Lamentations of a Young Pig. His other novels include, Feathers for Laura, Grandma’s Garden and a surrealistic novel entitled: The Auguste.view less