Authors, English -- Biography

Michael Frayn would like to say a brief word about a few of the friends who have shaped his life - 'before my memory goes'. Some have had a profound effect. Some, a small and passing one. Some, you may know yourself. Some you couldn't possibly know at all; and maybe nor did Michael (there are sto...

'Animal Magic' is a wonderfully original memoir - an account of two brothers and the exhilarating world they invented.

What do you do when your world changes in an instant? For Jon Harvey, it meant turning to the thing that had given him support, joy and a lifetime of memories: sport, in all its myriad sublime and ridiculous forms. A kaleidoscopic twelve months took him from London Olympia to ancient Olympia, fro...

Lynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it. From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance into RADA, joining peers Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt and Ian McShane; from beginning her scriptwriting career with Widows and Prime Suspect and becoming a BA...

From the global successes of 'My Beautiful Laundrette' and 'The Buddha of Suburbia', through to late masterpieces such as 'The Nothing', Hanif Kureishi is one of Britain's most popular and versatile writers. Drawing on Kureishi's unexplored personal archive, recently acquired by the British Libra...

From one of Britain's most popular and prolific comedians comes the candid and hilarious story of his formative years in working-class Essex - and how growing up in the shadow of a dominant 'silverback' father has left its imprint on him as a man and as a father himself.

From one of Britain's most popular and prolific comedians comes the candid and hilarious story of his formative years in working-class Essex - and how growing up in the shadow of a dominant 'silverback' father has left its imprint on him as a man and as a father himself.

From one of Britain's most popular and prolific comedians comes the candid and hilarious story of his formative years in working-class Essex - and how growing up in the shadow of a dominant 'silverback' father has left its imprint on him as a man and as a father himself.