Nicholas Royle is an English novelist born in Manchester in 1963.

Royle has written five novels — Counterparts, Saxophone Dreams, The Matter of the Heart, The Director’s Cut and Antwerp. He also claims to have written more than 100 short stories, which have appeared in a variety of anthologies and magazines. He himself has edited twelve anthologies including A Book of Two Halves, The Tiger Garden: A Book of Writers’ Dreams, The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories, and Dreams Never End (Tindal Street Press). His latest book is a short story collection, Mortality, which like Antwerp is published by Serpent's Tail.

Royle is married with two children and lives in Manchester.

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