Robin Lloyd-Jones
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Robin Lloyd-Jones (5 October 1934 – 5 September 2024) was a British writer of both fiction and non-fiction.
Lloyd-Jones was born in London on 5 October 1934. He grew up in India, before being educated at Blundell's School in Devon and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a pass degree in social anthropology in 1957.[1] He then moved to Scotland to work as an Education Adviser for Strathclyde Regional Council.[2] He soon became part of the vibrant Scottish writing scene, serving as President of the Scottish Association of Writers (1993–1996) and President of the Scottish Branch of PEN International (1997–2000), and chairing the Writers in Prison Committee which campaigns on behalf of persecuted writers. He was for several years a tutor in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.
Lloyd-Jones died on 5 September 2024, at the age of 89.[3]
