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Max Porter (writer)
English writer
Max Porter (born ) is an English writer, formerly a bookseller and editor, best known for his debut novel Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.[1]
Background
Porter was born in High Wycombe in and received a degree in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, followed by an MA in which he studied radical performance art, psychoanalysis, and feminism.[2][3] Prior to his writing career, Porter managed the Chelsea branch of Daunt Books[4] and won the Bookseller of the Year Award in He was Editorial Director at Granta and Portobello Books until [5], where he edited award-winning novels The Luminaries[6][7] and The Vegetarian[8].
During his tenure at Granta, his other authors included Mark O’Connell[9] and Sarah Moss[10].
In , Porter was named as a guest curator for the Cheltenham Literary Festival.[11] He is ch