John Caine
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John Caine (born in Salford, Lancashire, England) is an author<ref name="cbcc">Template:Cite web</ref> and playwright who was appointed MBE in 1987 for his services to theatre.
Biography
Caine was educated at Salford Grammar School.Template:Citation needed
After national service as LieutenantTemplate:Clarify in Malaya, Caine returned to Manchester where he became writer-in-residence and then Chairman of Trustees of the Salford Playhouse before moving to London.Template:Citation needed
His first novel A Nest of Singing Birds was awarded the prestigious Litchfield Prize.Template:Clarify He has written plays for stage, radio and television, including Mister Lowry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> staged by the Bristol Old Vic and On the Knocker, a play for radio and winner of an LBC Radio Drama Award.Template:Citation needed
A journalist and broadcaster, Caine writes for national newspapers, and broadcasts regularly as London correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada.Template:Citation needed
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and lives in London with his second wife, Carole.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He has two children from his first marriage to Irene, Jonathan (b. 1962), who is a music manager and Naomi (b. 1964) who is a freelance writer and journalist.Template:Citation needed
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