PUBLISHED BY PHOENIX ON THE 25th JUNE 2026 David Whitehouse has written three acclaimed novels. His first, Bed, won the 2012 Betty Trask Prize 2012. His second, Mobile Library, won the 2015 Jerwood Fiction Prize. In 2022, his debut non-fiction book, About A Son, was shortlisted for The Gordon Burn Prize and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, Esquire, The Times and many other publications, and he has also written extensively for the screen. He lives in Margate. It was a pleasure to meet David at The Sandgate Literary Festival a couple of…