In the Absence of Heroes

Anthony McCarten's debut novel, Spinners (1998) has since been translated into four languages. His collection of short stories, A Modest Apocalypse, was shortlisted in the Heinemann-Reed Fiction Award in 1991. He has published five novels to date and also written numerous stage plays, including co-writing the world-wide success Ladies Night, which won the prestigious Moliere prize, the Meilleure Piece Comique in 2001. McCarten has also adapted another of his plays, Via Satellite, into a feature film, which he directed. He has also done this with his novel Show of Hands, while another two of his novels have been turned into films by other film makers.