Bill Broady lives and works in Yorkshire. His first novel, Swimmer (2000), tells the story of a girl coached to become a successful international athlete. His second novel, Eternity is Temporary (2006) is set during the 1976 heatwave. In This Block There Lives A Slag (2001) is a collection of short stories set around a residential block in Yorkshire. It won a Macmillan Silver Pen Award in 2002.