Sebastian Faulks is the author of Birdsong, which, with The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Charlotte Gray, made up a trilogy of French novels. Other titles include On Green Dolphin Street, A Trick of the Light, A Fool's Alphabet and the biographical triptych, The Fatal Englishman.
He is a panellist in Radio Four's literary quiz, The Write Stuff. He wrote and presented a Channel Four documentary on Special Operations Executive, called Churchill's Secret Army.
As a journalist from 1979 to 1991, he worked for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, was literary editor of the Independent and deputy editor of the Independent on Sunday.He was the subject of a BBC Omnibus programme in 2001.
He lives in London with his wife and three children. He is the only member of his paternal family not to be a lawyer; his father and uncle were judges and his brother Edward is a QC specialising in medical negligence. His maternal grandfather, a sports writer, played rugby for England.
Sebastian Faulks read English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1995 and was appointed CBE for services to literature in 2002. When he is not writing, he plays various sports, to little effect.
His new novel, Human Traces, is set between 1875 and 1925 and deals with aspects of psychiatry, evolution and human consciousness.
He is a panellist in Radio Four's literary quiz, The Write Stuff. He wrote and presented a Channel Four documentary on Special Operations Executive, called Churchill's Secret Army.
As a journalist from 1979 to 1991, he worked for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, was literary editor of the Independent and deputy editor of the Independent on Sunday.He was the subject of a BBC Omnibus programme in 2001.
He lives in London with his wife and three children. He is the only member of his paternal family not to be a lawyer; his father and uncle were judges and his brother Edward is a QC specialising in medical negligence. His maternal grandfather, a sports writer, played rugby for England.
Sebastian Faulks read English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1995 and was appointed CBE for services to literature in 2002. When he is not writing, he plays various sports, to little effect.
His new novel, Human Traces, is set between 1875 and 1925 and deals with aspects of psychiatry, evolution and human consciousness.