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His spectacular debut biography The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde was one of the unexpected publishing successes of 2003, garnering extensive publicity and achieving extremely high sales figures. Neil’s McKenna’s book was widely praised for its fresh and exciting new material about Oscar Wilde and for the quality of the writing. The book was extensively reviewed in Britain and around the world.
Neil McKenna is also an award-winning journalist who has written for The Independent, The Independent-on-Sunday, The Observer, The Guardian and the New Statesman. He is a former deputy editor of Elle Decoration and worked as an editor for Channel 4.
He has also worked extensively in the gay press where he is known for initiating the campaign for gay law reform in the Isle of Man and leading the fight against Clause 25.
He is the author of two ground-breaking books about men who have sex with men and Aids in the developing world: On the Margins (1996) and The Silent Epidemic (1998). On the Margins had a major effect on global policy on Aids, forcing UNAIDS to address the neglected issue of men who have sex with men and HIV in the developing world.
Neil McKenna is an accomplished and popular speaker. He has appeared at a number of literary festivals and made many appearances and radio and television.
Agent: Andrew Lownie
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