ac us ) ▁ ▁Ant werp ▁( 2 0 0 5 ▁– ▁ ▁[ UK ], ▁Ser pent ' s ▁T ail ) ▁ ▁Reg ic ide ▁( 2 0 1 1 ▁– ▁ ▁[ UK ], ▁Ser pent ' s ▁T ail ) ▁ ▁First ▁Nov el ▁( 2 0 1 3 ▁– ▁ ▁[ UK ], ▁Jonathan ▁Cape ) ▁ ▁Nov ell as ▁ ▁The ▁En igma ▁of ▁Depart ure ▁( 2 0 0 8 ▁– ▁ ▁[ UK ], ▁PS ▁Publishing ) ▁ ▁The ▁App et ite ▁( 2 0 0 8 ▁– ▁ ▁[ UK ], ▁Gray ▁Fri ar ▁Press ) ▁ ▁Short ▁story ▁collections ▁ ▁Mort ality ▁( 2 0 1 1 ▁– ▁ ▁[ UK ], ▁Ser pent ' s ▁T ail ) ▁ ▁Or n ith ology ▁( 2 0 1 7 ▁– ▁ ▁[ UK ], ▁Conf ingo ) ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Ro yle ▁is ▁married ▁with ▁two ▁children ▁and ▁lives ▁in ▁Manchester . ▁ ▁Ro yle ▁shares ▁his ▁name ▁with ▁a ▁Professor ▁of ▁English ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sus sex ▁( born ▁ 1 9 5 7 ) ▁who ▁is ▁an ▁authority ▁on ▁Jacques ▁Der r ida , ▁and ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁text books , ▁including ▁The ▁Un c anny , ▁and ▁a ▁novel , ▁Qu ilt . ▁The ▁two ▁writers ▁are ▁often ▁confused ▁with ▁each ▁other . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Inter view ▁with ▁ 3 : AM ▁ ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁English ▁novel ists ▁Category :