Ralph Jackman was born in Norfolk in 1981. He holds a first class honours degree in Classics from King’s College, London, and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Essex, where he was tutored by Marina Warner and Philip Terry.
Ralph’s work draws on his lifelong interest in history.
Ralph's first novel, Actium's Wake has just been announced as finalist in the historical fiction category of Foreword Reviews' IndieFab 2014 Book of the Year Awards.
Injustice, a historical short story, was published in the new online magazine of the Historical Novel Society in 2012.
Apprentice Pillar, having been longlisted in the 2011/12 Fish Publishing International Short Story competition, was runner-up in the 2014 Words With Jam Short Story coRalph Jackman was born in Norfolk in 1981. He holds a first class honours degree in Classics from King’s College, London, and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Essex, where he was tutored by Marina Warner and Philip Terry.
Ralph’s work draws on his lifelong interest in history.
Ralph's first novel, Actium's Wake has just been announced as finalist in the historical fiction category of Foreword Reviews' IndieFab 2014 Book of the Year Awards.
Injustice, a historical short story, was published in the new online magazine of the Historical Novel Society in 2012.
Apprentice Pillar, having been longlisted in the 2011/12 Fish Publishing International Short Story competition, was runner-up in the 2014 Words With Jam Short Story competition and will be published shortly in the anthology.
Last Chance Saloon was published in an anthology, Crime: Unleashed in June 2013.
Ralph is currently working on the first of a historical trilogy, The Olive Tree, which was a finalist in the Chapter One Promotions 2010 Novel Competition.
Ralph has also completed a novella, Portraits of Rome.
In 2010, Ralph wrote the lyrics of A Destiny Revealed, the opening track to the movie score, Henri 4....more