Gerard Woodward (born 4 December 1961 in Enfield, London) is a British novelist, poet and short story writer, best known for his trilogy of novels concerning the troubled Jones family, the second of which, I'll Go to Bed at Noon, was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize.
[2] Woodward attended St Ignatius College, a Jesuit comprehensive school, leaving at 16 to work for two years in a variety of jobs.
[2][5][6] Woodward has since published the short story collection Caravan Thieves (2008) and the novels Nourishment (2010) and Vanishing (2014).
[citation needed] Since 2004, Woodward has worked in the creative writing department at Bath Spa University;[1] as of April 2024, he runs the Ph.D. programme with Tracy Brain.
[citation needed] Woodward met his wife Suzanne Jane Anderson while studying at Falmouth School of Art.