the caretaker of his country house retreat. His novella 'After the Vision' appeared in the anthology Children of Albion Rovers (1997), and his short story 'Bitter Salvage' was included in Disco Biscuits (1997), an anthology edited by Sarah Champion. Adaptations of his work Morvern Callar has been adapted as a film, directed by Lynne Ramsay. The Sopranos has been adapted for the screen by Alan Sharp and Michael Caton-Jones. Released under the title Our Ladies in 2019, it was directed by Caton-Jones. A play by Lee Hall, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, was based on The Sopranos and premiered in 2015, directed by Vicky Featherstone and featuring live songs. Acclaim and awards Warner's first three novels all won awards, notably a Somerset Maugham Award. In 2003, he was named by Granta magazine as one of twenty 'Best of Young British Novelists'. In 2010, his novel The Stars in the Bright Sky was included in the longlist for the Man Booker Prize. In 2013, he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Deadman's Pedal. Recurring themes and motifs Alan Warner's novels are mostly set in "The Port", a place bearing some resemblance to Oban. He is known to appreciate 1970s Krautrock band Can; two of his books feature dedications to former band members (Morvern Callar to Holger Czukay and The Man Who Walks to Michael Karoli), and Warner has published a book about their album Tago Mago. Personal life and teaching career Warner currently splits his time between Dublin and Javea, Spain, and was the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Edinburgh in 2016. He was a member of the jury for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. As of 2019 he is senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Aberdeen. Novels Morvern Callar (1995) These Demented Lands (1997) The Sopranos (1998) The Man Who Walks (2002) The Worms Can Carry Me To Heaven (2006) The Stars in the Bright Sky (2010) The Deadman's Pedal (2012) Their Lips Talk of Mischief (2014) Kitchenly 434 (2021) Non-fiction Tago Mago: Permission to Dream (2015) Music Superstar Vs Alan Warner EP, 1998 (a collaboration with Scottish band Superstar) References External links Spike Magazine interview the British Council 1964 births Living people People from Connel Scottish novelists Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature People associated with the University of Edinburgh