Chris Kohler
Chris Kohler | |
|---|---|
| Born | Glasgow, Scotland[1] |
| Occupation | Author |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Literary fiction, magical realism |
| Notable work | Phantom Limb (2024) |
| Notable awards | Saltire Society Literary Award for Fiction Debut of the Year (2025) |
Chris Kohler is a Scottish author from Glasgow. He is the author of the novel Phantom Limb (2024). In 2025, the book won the Saltire Society Literary Award for Fiction Debut of the Year.[2]
His short stories have appeared in literary magazines including 3:AM Magazine, Egress, The Stinging Fly, The Moth, Gutter, Dark Mountain, and Minor Literatures. He was longlisted for the V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize in 2022.[3]
Career
Phantom Limb is a novel set in Scotland that incorporates elements of satire and the supernatural, drawing on historical material from the Scottish Reformation.
Reception
- The Guardian described it as "an unusual debut".[4]
- The Scotsman referred to a "promisingly eldritch imagination".[5]
- The Spectator Australia reviewed the novel in August 2024 under the title "A miracle beckons".[6]
- The Daily Telegraph described it as a novel about "miraculous happenings in a faithless world".[7]
Bibliography
- Phantom Limb (2024, Atlantic Books, ISBN 978-1-8054-6081-7)
References
- ↑ "BBC Sounds – The Archaic Smile by Chris Kohler". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- ↑ "Winners of Scotland's National Book Awards 2025". Publishing Scotland. 20 November 2025.
- ↑ "V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize". Royal Society of Literature. 16 March 2023.
- ↑ "Phantom Limb by Chris Kohler review – an unusual debut". The Guardian. 14 August 2024.
- ↑ "Phantom Limb by Chris Kohler review". The Scotsman. 28 August 2024.
- ↑ "A miracle beckons: Phantom Limb, by Chris Kohler, reviewed". The Spectator Australia. 3 August 2024.
- ↑ "Phantom Limb review". The Telegraph.