Richard T. Kelly (born 1970) is a British novelist and writer best known for his 2016 political thriller The Knives.
Career Kelly began his career writing in film and wrote several film-related books. In 1998 he wrote Alan Clarke, a book on the filmmaker Alan Clarke. In 2000 he published The Name of this Book is Dogme 95, a look at the Danish film movement Dogme 95 created by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. In 2004 he wrote an authorized biography of actor Sean Penn called Sean Penn: His Life & Times.
Kelly made his fictional debut with the 2008 novel Crusaders. Shortly after, in 2009, he began research on a political thriller that would develop into The Knives. His second novel The Possessions of Doctor Forrest followed in 2011. The Knives was published in 2016.
Since 2008 Kelly has been a Contributing Editor and feature writer for the UK edition of Esquire magazine.
Bibliography Alan Clarke (1998) The Name of this Book is Dogme 95 (2000) Sean Penn: His Life & Times (2004) Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists (2007) (editor) Crusaders (2008) The Possessions of Doctor Forrest (2011) Our House, Your Home: The Past, Present and Future of Social Housing (2014) The Knives (2016) Keegan and Dalglish (2017)
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