British · b. 1982
Joe Dunthorne is a British novelist and poet, born in Swansea, Wales, in 1982. He studied at the University of East Anglia and the Guardian-linked creative writing scene helped launch his career. His first novel, Submarine (2008), is narrated by fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate and was adapted into a 2010 film directed by Richard Ayoade. He followed it with Wild Abandon (2011), set in a failing commune, and The Adulterants (2015), about a young man in London facing money trouble and the end of youth. His fourth novel, The Evolution of Dads, appeared later. He has also published a poetry collection, Joe Dunthorne's Mixed Tape of Words, and written for newspapers and magazines. He teaches creative writing and writes in a dry, comic voice that treats family and awkwardness with affection. Submarine remains his best-known book.