F X Prendiville

Born on Merseyside, Francis Prendiville was 'asked to leave' grammar school following too many visits to the Cavern Club lunchtime sessions. He started a gap year that finished ten years and twenty-one jobs later. He taught in Manchester primary schools for nineteen years before taking up a post at Lancaster University training teachers. There he coauthored two drama books before writing the novel, Mr Harris Makes It Up .

Born on Merseyside, Francis Prendiville was 'asked to leave' grammar school following too many visits to the Cavern Club lunchtime sessions. He started a gap year that finished ten years and twenty-one jobs later. He taught in Manchester primary schools for nineteen years before taking up a post at Lancaster University training teachers. There he coauthored two drama books before writing the novel, Mr Harris Makes It Up . See less