| Admin History | Ann Quin [1936-1973] was an English writer. She was educated at a Roman Catholic school in Brighton until the age of 17, before going on to train as a shorthand typist. She worked in a solicitors office, before taking up a position at a publishing company, moving to Soho and beginning to write. Quin published novels such as 'Three', 'Passages' and 'Tripticks'. 'Berg', her earliest novel, was adapted for film in 1989 as 'Killing Dad', directed by Michael Austin with Julie Walters and Richard E Grant. Quin experienced episodes of depression. She died by suicide in 1973 at the age of 37. |