Chris Hill

Chris Hill's new novel, The Pick-Up Artist, was published by Magic Oxygen publishing in February 2015. It's described as a lad lit rom com for the digital age and follows a young man's inept attempts to find love using the advice of an online community called the Pick Up Artists.

The Pick-Up Artist, which won a prize in the Luke Bitmead Bursary competition, is Chris's second published novel.

His first, Song of the Sea God, is published by Skylight Press and has picked up excellent reviews on Amazon in the UK and USA.

Song of the Sea God was shortlisted for both the Daily Telegraph Novel in a Year competition and the Yeovil Literature Prize under it's earlier name of The Longing.

Chris lives with his family in Gloucester in the UK. He works in communications and has a background in newspaper journalism as a reporter, news editor and editor. He has won a number of short story prizes including the Bridport Prize.