About Mo Fanning

Standup comic and writer, Mo Fanning has taught French to dropouts, sold his soul in a telesales sweatshop, flipped burgers at a motorway service station and (despite a collection of catalogues on vinyl flooring) flatly denies being in his fifties.

Mo writes upmarket commercial and book club fiction.

Arts Council England shortlisted his first bestselling novel – The Armchair Bride – for Book of the Year in 2012. As well as writing contemporary comedy, he writes for BBC America and The Guardian.

A series of short stories and other writing featured in his first compilation – This is (not) America. Some parts of which are confusingly set in America … and a version of the afterlife that most certainly isn’t.

In 2018, Mo published ‘Five Gold Rings‘ a collection of new short stories with a seasonal feel.

Mo‘s work has appeared in The Observer, The Guardian and Irish Independent.

As well as his fiction, Mo has produced two guides for new writers, one that unlocks secrets of writing great dialogue (Talking out loud) and another where he unveils the secrets behind grabbing the attention of agents and publishers (Please find attached).

In 2021, Mo publishes his second full length novel ‘Rebuilding Alexandra Small‘ through Spring Street Books. If you’d like to know more, please join his mailing list.

Mo Fanning lives in Brighton with his husband and a Labrador named Ernie.

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