Selected publications
Birdwatching at the End of the World (2024)
My most recently published novel, the first under the name GW Dexter. This is a comedy set in the 1970s at a girl's boarding school on a small island off the coast of Scotland. Inconveniently for the boarders, there is an apocalyptic war on the mainland...
'Dexter couldn't write a phoney sentence if he tried.' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
The People's Favourite Poems
(2018)
A memoir of my time spent reciting poetry on request from memory, on the streets of Norwich, London and elsewhere.
'Dexter knows the nation's tastes better than anyone'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Natural Desire in Healthy Women
(2014)
A novel about the contraceptive movement of the 1920s.
'Engaging and occasionally hilarious'
GUARDIAN
'Deft and very funny ... features, among other real-life figures, a manically laughing Gandhi, a preposterous H. G. Wells and, most unexpectedly, some very amusing appearances by T. S. Eliot. Bravo!'
DAILY MAIL
102 Ways to Write a Novel (2012)
A step-by-step guide to the art - and the craft - of writing fiction, this book aims to blend the practical (how to find an agent), with the more cerebral (how to handle point of view; the importance of rhythm).
All the Materials for a Midnight Feast (2011)
A novel about the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s.
'A beautifully crafted work of fiction, graduating from a low-key opening into a real page-turner . . . One of the year's most impressive - and affecting - debuts'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
The Oxford Despoiler (2009)
A novel about the sexological movement of the late 19th century.
'Wonderful ... stuffed with period detail, literary gags and cameo parts (including a monosyllabic Oscar Wilde). The whole thing is a delight'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Deliciously silly, but crafted with such wry historical precision that Conan Doyle himself would struggle to deduce he was a parody'
TIME OUT
'So well written that the parody never gets in the way of the expertly woven yarns. The language is precise, witty, and an excellent homage to the period'
THE CHAP
'Dexter proves a master, treading the fine line between good humour and bad taste with the greatest of sleaze'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
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