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Narvel Annable, born 1945, is a gay writer and campaigner, and former teacher.

He was born and brought up in what is now the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. He was unhappy at his junior school in Heanor, but life got much better when he went to secondary school. His school experiences have been reflected in his autobiographical novels

In 1963 he emigrated to the United States and did various jobs including labourer, lathe-hand, bank messenger and camera salesman, but eventually studied at Eastern Michigan University, graduating in 1975, after which he taught history for a year at a Detroit high school.

In 1976 he returned to the UK to help organise and launch "Heritage Education Year 1977" at Sudbury Hall (a stately home in Sudbury, Derbyshire. From 1978 until his retirement in 1995 he taught history at the Valley Comprehensive School in Worksop.

Narvel lives in Belper with his partner Terry Durand: they have been together since 1967.

Books by Narvel Annable

Social history:

Miss Calder's Children (1997)
Heanor Schooldays (1998)

Biography:

A Judge Too Far: Biography of His Honour Judge Keith Matthewman QC of the Nottingham Crown Court (2001)

Fiction:

Death on the Derwent (1999) – a murder mystery set in 1949 Belper
Lost Lad (2003) – a mystery set in 1960 Derbyshire
Scruffy Chicken (2006) – the narrator spends an extended English cycling holiday in 1965 and uncovers a hidden world of repressed homosexuality in deepest Derbyshire.
Secret Summer (2010) – a gay love story set in Detroit and Derbyshire in 1966

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 [[File:Narvel Annable.jpg|thumb|Narvel Annable]]'''Narvel Annable''', born 1945, is a gay writer and campaigner, and former teacher.
-He was born and brought up in what is now the [[Amber Valley]] district of [[Derbyshire]]. He was unhappy at junior school, but life got better when he went to a secondary school in [[Heanor]]. His school expereiences have been reflected in his autobiographical novels
+He was born and brought up in what is now the [[Amber Valley]] district of [[Derbyshire]]. He was unhappy at his junior school in [[Heanor]], but life got much better when he went to secondary school. His school experiences have been reflected in his autobiographical novels
 In 1963 he emigrated to the United States and did various jobs including labourer, lathe-hand, bank messenger and camera salesman, but eventually studied at Eastern Michigan University, graduating in 1975, after which he taught history for a year at a Detroit high school.
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 In 1976 he returned to the UK to help organise and launch "Heritage Education Year 1977" at Sudbury Hall (a stately home in [[Sudbury, Derbyshire]]. From 1978 until his retirement in 1995 he taught history at the Valley Comprehensive School in [[Worksop]].
-''Death on the Derwent'' – A Murder Mystery set in Belper 1949, his first novel, was published in 1999.
+Narvel lives in Belper with his partner Terry Durand: they have been together since 1967.
-His fourth book, ''A Judge Too Far'' – A Biography of His Honour Judge Keith Matthewman QC of the Nottingham Crown Court, was published in 2001.
+==Books by Narvel Annable==
-Inspired by his early gay experiences during adolescence at school, Narvel’s second autobiographic novel ''Lost Lad'' was published in 2003.
+Social history:
+*''Miss Calder's Children'' (1997)
+*''Heanor Schooldays'' (1998)
-His third autobiographic novel was published in 2006. ''Scruffy Chicken'' follows his adventures during an extended English cycling vacation in 1965 where he uncovers a hidden world of repressed homosexuality in deepest Derbyshire.
+Biography:
+*''A Judge Too Far: Biography of His Honour Judge Keith Matthewman QC of the Nottingham Crown Court'' (2001)
-''Secret Summer'', a fourth autobiographic effort is a gay love story set in Detroit and Derbyshire in 1966. It was published in 2010.
+Fiction:
+* ''Death on the Derwent'' (1999) – a murder mystery set in 1949 Belper
+* ''Lost Lad'' (2003) – a mystery set in 1960 Derbyshire
+*''Scruffy Chicken'' (2006) – the narrator spends an extended English cycling holiday in 1965 and uncovers a hidden world of repressed homosexuality in deepest Derbyshire.
+*''Secret Summer'' (2010) – a gay love story set in Detroit and Derbyshire in 1966
-Narvel lives in Belper with his partner Terry Durand: they have been together since 1967.
+==External links==
+*http://www.narvelannable.co.uk/
+*http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Narvel%20Annable&search-alias=books-uk&sort=relevancerank
 [[Category:Writers]]
 [[Category:Campaigners]]
+[[Category:Derbyshire]]
 [[Category:1945 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]