Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are. – Jonathan Coe
Born in England on this date in 1961, Coe has spent most of his career writing satirical novels about politics. That being said, his current work is 2024’s shadowy and hilarious “whodunit” The Proof of My Innocence. He’s also a terrific biographer and his nonfiction book Humphrey Bogart: Take It And Like It is one of the best written about the late actor.
Besides writing 15 books, Coe has
had an ongoing career in music, playing keyboards in the band The Peer Group
and writing a number of songs for that band and others. And
he’s collaborated on a wide range of songs and continues to toy with “just focusing on music, which is why I can’t decide what I really want to
be,” although writing continues to lead the way.
“I have trouble keeping things out
of books, which is why I don't write short stories. They just seem
to turn into novels.”
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