- Phil Jones
Philip D. Jones (1952-) is a climatologist at the University of East Anglia, notable for maintaining of the time series of the instrumental temperature record ; this work figured prominently in the IPCC TAR SPM. He is director of the Climatic Research Unit and a Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. His research interests are instrumental climate change, palaeoclimatology, …
- Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan CBE (born June 21, 1948) is a British novelist.
- Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro (b. 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan) moved with his family to England in 1960, when he was a young child, after his oceanographer father Shizuo Ishiguro was employed by the British government. Kazuo Ishiguro 's Japanese parents believed that they would soon return to Japan and prepared their son to resume life in his native land. However, they stayed in Britain, and Ishiguro grew up straddling two cultures, the Japan of his parents and his adopted country England.
- Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson (born September 26, 1938) British politician, is the Labour Member of Parliament for Norwich North. Ian Gibson was born in Dumfries, Scotland and was educated locally at the Dumfries Academy, before attending the University of Edinburgh where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in genetics and became a Doctor of Philosophy. He continued his studies in the United States of America at both Indiana University and the University of Washington.
- Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain CBE (born August 2, 1943) is an English author.
- Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, "Midnight's Children" (1981), which won the Booker Prize. Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the long, rich and often fraught story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the East and the West.
- David Eastwood
Professor David Eastwood is the current Chief Executive of HEFCE, since 1 September 2006. Prior to this, he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia (UEA). He has also held the posts of Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Board and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales Swansea. His academic specialism is modern history, and he was fellow and senior tutor of Pembroke College, and is an Honorary Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, …
- Christopher Bigsby
Christopher Bigsby is a British literary analyst and novelist, with more than forty books to his credit. Educated at the Universities of Sheffield and Nottingham, he is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. He is also an occasional contributor as a broadcaster for BBC Radio, and presented "Kaleidoscope" (Radio 4) for eight years in the 1980s.
- George Szirtes
George Szirtes [pronounced:Sirtesh] (born 1948) is a Hungarian-born poet, writing in English, as well as a translator from the Hungarian language into English. He has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life.
- Angus Wilson
Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson (August 11,1913-May 31, 1991) was a British novelist and short story writer. He received a knighthood for his services to literature. Wilson was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England, to an English father and South African mother. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford, and in 1937 became a librarian in the British Museum's Department of Printed Books, working on the new General Catalogue. His first publication was a collection of short stories, …
- Denys Lasdun
Sir Denys Lasdun CH (8 September 1914-11 January 2001) was an eminent English architect of the 20th century, particularly associated with the Brutalist design of the Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank of the River Thames. Lasdun studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and was a junior in the practice of Wells Coates. Like other Modernist architects, including Sir Basil Spence and Peter and Alison Smithson, …
- Richard Hodges
Richard Hodges OBE, FSA (born September 29, 1952) is a contemporary British archaeologist whose work primarily concerns trade and economics during the early part of the Middle Ages. He is a professor of the University of East Anglia. His earlier works include "Dark Age Economics" (1982), "Mohammed, Charlemagne and the Origins of Europe" (1983) and "Light in the Dark Ages: The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo Al Volturno" (1997).
- Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier (born in Washington, DC in October of 1962) is a bestselling historical novelist. Her career began with the book "The Virgin Blue" but she became well known with her novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring", a book based on the creation of the famous painting by Vermeer. The film based on the novel received three Academy Award nominations in 2004. Chevalier was raised in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, …
- Steve Smith
Professor Steve Smith, MSc, PhD, AcSS, (born 1952-02-04), is a prominent international relations theorist and senior university manager. In 2002 he succeeded Geoffrey Holland as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, and since 2006 has been Chair of the Board of the 1994 Group. Steve Smith has a BSc in Politics and International Studies, an MSc in International Studies and a PhD in International Relations, all from the University of Southampton.
- Trezza Azzopardi
Trezza Azzopardi is a Maltese-Welsh writer. She was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and a Welsh mother. She studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia, and currently works as a lecturer there. Her first novel, "The Hiding Place", was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000 (a significant accomplishment, since first novels are not often shortlisted for the Booker).
- Toby Litt
Toby Litt is an English writer, born in Bedford in 1968. He studied at Bedford Modern School, read English at Worcester College, Oxford and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where he was taught by Malcolm Bradbury. A short story by Toby Litt was included in the anthology "All Hail the New Puritans" (2000), edited by Matt Thorne and Nicholas Blincoe, and he has edited "The Outcry" (2001), Henry James's last completed novel, …
- Paul Nurse
Sir Paul M. Nurse, FRS, (b. January 25, 1949) is a British biochemist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Leland H. Hartwell and R. Timothy Hunt for their discoveries regarding cell cycle regulation by cyclin and cyclin dependent kinases. Nurse's parents came from Norfolk. He was born and raised in Wembley, in north-west London, and was educated at Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.
- David Lodge
David Lodge (born January 28, 1935 at London, England) is a British author.
- Todd Swift
Todd Swift (born April 8, 1966) is a Canadian poet, editor, cultural activist and university lecturer based in the United Kingdom. Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec. He received a BA in English from Concordia University and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. While attending university, Swift was one of Canada's most successful parliamentary debaters.
- Bill MacMillan
Bill Macmillan, born 1950, is Vice-Chancellor at the University of East Anglia. Dr Macmillan has been a Pro-Vice-Chancellor in the University of Oxford since 2002, when he was appointed PVC (Academic). In that capacity, he was the principal author of Oxford's Academic Strategy and Corporate Plan. The former included the university’s first formal Research Strategy and a new Learning and Teaching Strategy.
- John Boyne
John Boyne (born April 30 1971) is an Irish novelist. He read English at Trinity College, Dublin, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize. He is the author of five novels, as well as a number of short stories which have been published in various anthologies and broadcast on radio and television. His novels are published in 30 languages.
- Helon Habila
Helon Habila (born 1967) is a Nigerian novelist. He won the Caine Prize for African fiction (short story) in 2001. He studied at the University of East Anglia and now teaches creative writing at George Mason University, Washington D.C.
- John Charmley
John Charmley (born 1955) is a British diplomatic historian and a professor of modern history at the University of East Anglia, where he is head of the school of history. Charmley's historical work has proved to be controversial, most notably his works on Churchill.
- Alan Whiteside
Alan Walter Whiteside (born March 18, 1956) is an AIDS researcher and author. He was born in Kenya and grew up in Swaziland where he attended Waterford_KamhlabaUnited World College. In 1980, he received a MA in Development Economics at the University of East Anglia. At UKZN, he is Professor of Economics and director of the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division:.
- Caroline Flint
Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961 in Twickenham, England) is a British Labour politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Don Valley in Northern England, the Minister of State in the Department of Work and Pensions and the Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber.
- Andrew Miller
The novelist Andrew Miller was born on April 29, 1960 in Bristol. He studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 1991. In 1995 he wrote a Ph.D. in Critical and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. For his first book "Ingenious Pain" he received three awards, one of which was the prestigious IMPAC award. The book has been translated into 36 languages. He currently lives in Witham Friary in Somerset. His new novel will appear in September 2008.
- Charlie Higson
Charles M Higson (born 3 July 1958), more commonly known as Charlie Higson, is an English actor and comedian. He has also written and produced for television and is also a successful novelist.
- Shirley Pearce
Professor Shirley Pearce CBE is Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, a position she has held since January 2006. Before becoming the University's 7th Vice-Chancellor Professor Pearce held was a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of East Anglia and Dean of the Institute of Health. Professor Pearce was educated at Norwich High School, before studying Psychology, Physiology and Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford University, gaining a BA in 1975.
- Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell (born 1947) is a British television producer and executive. After graduating from the University of East Anglia in 1968, he began working in television drama, producing programmes such as "Crown Court". He produced several drama series during the 1970s, including literary adaptations such as "A Christmas Carol" (1977) and "Wuthering Heights" (1978).
- Glenn Patterson
Glenn Patterson was born in Belfast in 1961. He studied on the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia taught by Malcolm Bradbury and returned to Northern Ireland in 1988. In addition to his novels, he also make documentaries for the BBC and has published his collected journalistic writings as "Lapsed Protestant" (2006). Patterson's recurring theme is the reassessment of the past.
- Lawrence Stenhouse
Lawrence Stenhouse was a British educational thinker who sought to promote an active role for teachers in educational research and curriculum development. He was a founder member of the Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE) at the University of East Anglia. He was educated at St Andrews University in Scotland. Stenhouse was particularly influential during the 1960s and 1970s.
- Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman is a British author and novelist.
- Paul Slovic
Paul Slovic (b. 1938) is a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and the president of the Decision Research group. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Michigan in 1964. Slovic has studied psychological heuristics with frequent coauthors Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky and Thomas Gilovich, and first theorized the affect heuristic.
- Hubert Lamb
Hubert Horace Lamb (1913 - 1997) was an English climatologist who founded the Climatic Research Unit in 1971 in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. Most of his scientific life Lamb spent at the Meteorological Office, UK, where he started as a Technical Officer by special merit promotion. His responsibilities were in the fields of long range weather forecasting, world climatology and climate change.
- Ludmilla Jordanova
Ludmilla Jordanova is a Professor of Modern History at the King's College London. Previously she held the post of a Director of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge and a Professor of the History of Arts and Science at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of many texts on the subject, including a book by the title "History In Practice" and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
- Paul Magrs
Dr Paul Magrs (pronounced "Mars"; born November 1969 in England, United Kingdom) is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he began work in 2004 having formerly taught at the University of East Anglia. He did his PhD at the University of Lancaster. He is the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works. His first published writing was the short story "Patient Iris", …
- Peter Trudgill
Professor Peter Trudgill (born 1943 in Norwich, England) is a sociolinguist, academic and author. He grew up in Norwich, where he attended the City of Norwich School from 1955. Trudgill studied modern languages at King's College, Cambridge. He was later awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1971. He taught in the Department of linguistic science at the University of Reading from 1970 to 1986, …
- Owen Sheers
Owen Sheers (born 1974) is a Welsh poet, author and playwright. He was born in Suva, Fiji, but brought up in London and Abergavenny, and educated at New College, Oxford and the University of East Anglia. He has played Wilfred Owen on stage, and has presented arts programmes for BBC Wales.
- Janet Todd
Janet Margaret Todd (born September 10, 1942) is a prolific and well-respected author of many books on women in literature. She is currently the Herbert JC Grierson Professor of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen. Janet Todd's research concerns literature and culture of the Restoration and eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Over a long career primarily in the US and the UK (most recently at Cambridge University, University of East Anglia, …
- Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith (born Brian Smith in 1954) is an English alternative comedian and writer. He was born in Bermondsey, South London, brother to Richard Smith. Perhaps ironically, he describes himself as a "semi-professional" comedian. He was one of many stand-up performers on the alternative comedy scene in the Eighties. He still performs today in much the same manner, …