Books by Amy Binns
Amy Binns was a news reporter for ten years, and then a writer, researcher and journalism lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. She has published a biography of John Wyndham, Hidden Wyndham, using the treasure trove of love letters, tapes and unpublished stories at the University of Liverpool.
“It was very strange writing his biography. I found out things about him that he didn’t know…He was living in a room on the top floor of a Quaker-run club, or hostel…it was never actually your room, even if, like John Wyndham, you were living there for 20 or 30 years. He lived life in this hostel, in one room, with his long-term girlfriend in the next room – to all intents and purposes, married. But fantastically, all food’s laid on, and no one has to do any housework. So that was his way of dealing with having a partnership that was not a marriage.” Read more...
Amy Binns, Biographer
Interviews with Amy Binns
The Best John Wyndham Books, recommended by Amy Binns
When The Day of the Triffids introduced John Wyndham to the world, it was a smash hit because of his keen interest in humanity, says his biographer Amy Binns. She talks us through her top five Wyndham books, stories that explore motherhood and feminism, religion, loneliness and uncertainty – but always wrapped in warm, witty, page-turning adventures.
Interviews where books by Amy Binns were recommended
The Best John Wyndham Books, recommended by Amy Binns
When The Day of the Triffids introduced John Wyndham to the world, it was a smash hit because of his keen interest in humanity, says his biographer Amy Binns. She talks us through her top five Wyndham books, stories that explore motherhood and feminism, religion, loneliness and uncertainty – but always wrapped in warm, witty, page-turning adventures.
