Glen James Brown was born in County Durham in 1982 and studied English at Leeds Becketts University. In 2013 he won an AHRC scholarship to study for an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, where he graduated with distinction and the Kate Betts Memorial Award. Ironopolis is his first novel. He lives in Manchester.

'An edgy and arresting debut novel.' - The Bookseller; '...an unflinching tale about narratives at the heart of working class communities and the struggle to keep them alive.' - Northern Soul; 'Bold, polyphonic, daringly structured... Ironopolis is an ambitious and exciting achievement...' - Sam Byers, author of Idiopathy and Perfidious Albion; 'This is a true novel of the people... a tapestry of working-class life in all its glory and pain.' - Anthony Cartwright, author of Heartland; 'The most accomplished working-class novel of the last few years.' - The Morning Star

Glen James Brown was born in County Durham in 1982 and studied English at Leeds Becketts University. In 2013 he won an AHRC scholarship to study for an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, where he graduated with distinction and the Kate Betts Memorial Award. Ironopolis is his first novel. He lives in Manchester.

'An edgy and arresting debut novel.' - The Bookseller; '...an unflinching tale about narratives at the heart of working class communities and the struggle to keep them alive.' - Northern Soul; 'Bold, polyphonic, daringly structured... Ironopolis is an ambitious and exciting achievement...' - Sam Byers, author of Idiopathy and Perfidious Albion; 'This is a true novel of the people... a tapestry of working-class life in all its glory and pain.' - Anthony Cartwright, author of Heartland; 'The most accomplished working-class novel of the last few years.' - The Morning Star