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Graham Colin Swift (born May 4, 1949) is a well-known British author. He was born in London, England and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.

Some of his works have been made into movies, including Last Orders, which starred Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins. The novel was a controversial winner of the Booker Prize, due to the debt the plot owed to William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

Novels

• Sweet-Shop Owner (1980)
• Shuttlecock (1982)
• Waterland (1983)
• Out of this World (1988)
• Ever After (1992)
• Last Orders (1996) -- winner of the 1996 Booker Prize
• The Light of Day (2003)

Although Swift won the Booker prize for Last Orders in 1996, many consider Waterland to be his premier novel.

Short stories

• Learning to Swim (1982)

External links

• 1985 audio interview with Graham Swift by Don Swaim

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