Richard House

{{Short description|Author, film maker, and artist}}

Richard House is an author, film maker, and artist. He was born in Cyprus.{{Cite web|title=Richard House|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/428345.Richard_House|access-date=2020-08-05|website=www.goodreads.com}}

His first novel, Bruiser, was short-listed for the Ferro-Grumley Gay Fiction Award in 1998.{{Cite web|title=The Ferro–Grumley Awards|url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/ferro-grumley-awards/|publisher=Publishing Triangle|access-date=10 August 2021}} His latest novel, The Kills, was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.{{cite web|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/books/kills-by|title=The Kills|publisher=The Booker Prizes|access-date=10 August 2021}}

From 1988 to 2008, Richard was part of an art collaborative called Haha, along with Wendy Jacob, A. Laurie Palmer, and John Ploof.{{cite web|url=http://www.hahahaha.org/|title=HAHA|access-date=10 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/richardhouse/|title=Richard House|publisher=MacMillan|access-date=10 August 2021}}

He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completed his PhD in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2009. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.{{cite web|url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/fcw/house-richard.aspx|title=Dr Richard House|publisher=University of Birmingham|access-date=10 August 2021}}