![]() ![]() His regular writing for The Independent, newspaper, usually consisting of twice-weekly columns, came to an end in December 2013 after nearly 16 years. ![]() ![]() For many years, he wrote the "Harvey Porlock" column in The Sunday Times, as well as a column about the book business for Publishing News. In 1975 he married Caroline Soper, youngest daughter of the radical Methodist minister Donald Soper (div. He is an active member of English PEN, and is also an EAW member. His first children's book, If I Could Work, was published in 1987 and his first adult novel, FIXX, won critical acclaim and was described by The Guardian as a "tour de force". īlacker became a full-time writer in 1983 and has written children's books and mysteries for adults. Subsequently, he worked in publishing for 10 years during the 1970s and 1980s, where he was responsible for overseeing the publication of works by Jerzy Kosinski. He attended Hawtreys preparatory school and Wellington College, before reading English at Trinity College, Cambridge, whence he graduated in 1969.īlacker began his working life in horse-racing and as an amateur jockey. He grew up on the family farm in Suffolk. Biography īlacker is the son of General Sir Cecil Blacker, and the brother of sculptor and former jockey Philip Blacker. Terence Blacker FRSL (born 5 February 1948, near Hadleigh, Suffolk) is an English songwriter, author and columnist. Wellington College Trinity College, Cambridge ![]()
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