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Gavin Extence (born 1982) is an English writer. Extence won the Waterstones 11 literary prize for his first book The Universe Versus Alex Woods (2013). He has a PhD in Film studies, is married, has a daughter and is also a keen chess player. His second book The Mirror World of Melody Black was released in 2015 and follows a young girl's descent into mental illness.

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  • Gavin Extence (born 1982) is an English writer. Extence won the Waterstones 11 literary prize for his first book The Universe Versus Alex Woods (2013). He has a PhD in Film studies, is married, has a daughter and is also a keen chess player. The Universe Versus Alex Woods is Extence's début novel and is "the everyday tale of a teenage science nerd hit by a meteorite who strikes up a friendship with a pot-smoking Vietnam veteran". It is the story of wilful teenager Alex, who acquires a fascination with science and astronomy after being struck by a falling meteorite and going into a coma. After recovering, Alex forms an unusual friendship with an aged, dope-smoking Vietnam vet, the reclusive Mr. Peterson, who is a dedicated aficionado of Kurt Vonnegut. His second book The Mirror World of Melody Black was released in 2015 and follows a young girl's descent into mental illness. (en)
  • Gavin Extence (ur. 1982 w Swineshead) – pisarz brytyjski. Zadebiutował w 2013 powieścią . Otrzymał za nią nagrodę przyznawaną za najlepsze debiuty. (pl)
  • Gavin Extence (Lincolnshire, 1982) è uno scrittore britannico, vincitore del Premio letterario Waterstones 11. (it)
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  • Gavin Extence (ur. 1982 w Swineshead) – pisarz brytyjski. Zadebiutował w 2013 powieścią . Otrzymał za nią nagrodę przyznawaną za najlepsze debiuty. (pl)
  • Gavin Extence (Lincolnshire, 1982) è uno scrittore britannico, vincitore del Premio letterario Waterstones 11. (it)
  • Gavin Extence (born 1982) is an English writer. Extence won the Waterstones 11 literary prize for his first book The Universe Versus Alex Woods (2013). He has a PhD in Film studies, is married, has a daughter and is also a keen chess player. His second book The Mirror World of Melody Black was released in 2015 and follows a young girl's descent into mental illness. (en)
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