GORDON, Giles (Alexander Esmé)

GORDON, Giles (Alexander Esmé). Scottish, b. 1940. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Children's fiction, Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Autobiography/Memoirs, Bibliography. Career: Secker and Warburg, Publishers, London, advertising executive, 1962-63; Hutchinson Publishing Group, London, editor, 1963-64; Penguin Books, editor, 1964-66; Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, editorial director, 1967-72; Tufts University, London, 1970-74; Drama mag., ed., 1982-84; theatre critic, The Spectator, 1983-84, Punch, 1985-87, and London Daily News, 1988; Hollins University-in- London, lecturer, 1983-86; Sheil, Land Assocs., literary agent, London, 1972-95; Curtis Brown, director and literary agent, 1995-. Royal Society of Literature, fellow, 1990. Publications: Book 2000: Some Likely Trends in Publishing, 1969; Pictures from an Exhibition (short stories), 1970; The Umbrella Man, 1971; About a Marriage, 1972; Girl with Red Hair, 1974; (with M. Gordon) Walter and the Balloon, 1974; Farewell, Fond Dreams (short stories), 1975; 100 Scenes from Married Life, 1976; Enemies, 1977; Couple (short stories), 1978; The Illusionist and Other Fictions, 1978; Ambrose's Vision, 1980; The Twentieth Century Short Story in English (bibliography), 1989; Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement?: Memoirs, 1993; (with J. Hawkes) Scotland from the Air, 1995. POETRY: Landscape Any Date, 1963; Two and Two Make One, 1966; Two Elegies, 1968; Eight Poems for Gareth, 1970; Twelve Poems for Callum, 1972; One Man, Two Women, 1974; The Oban Poems, 1977. EDITOR: (with A. Hamilton) Factions, 1974; Beyond the Words, 1975; (with D. Barber) Members of the Jury, 1975; (with B.S. Johnson and M. Bakewell) You Always Remember the First Time, 1975; Prevailing Spirits, 1976; A Book of Contemporary Nightmares, 1977; (with F. Urquhart) Modern Scottish Short Stories, 1978; Modern Short Stories 2, 1940-1980, 1982; Shakespeare Stories, 1982; (with D. Hughes) Best Short Stories 1986, 10 vols., 1986-95; English Short Stories, 1988. Died 2003.