John Lanchester
BritishLiterary FictionContemporary FictionMemoirHistoryb. 1962
John Henry Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1962. He was raised in Hong Kong and educated in England, attending Gresham's School and St John's College, Oxford. He has worked as an editor at Penguin and is a long-standing member of the editorial board of the London Review of Books. His diverse body of work includes acclaimed novels such as 'The Debt to Pleasure' and 'Capital', as well as non-fiction works analyzing the financial crisis and a memoir titled 'Family Romance'.
Awards
['Whitbread First Novel Award', 'Betty Trask Prize', 'Hawthornden Prize', 'E.M. Forster Award']
Notable Works
['The Debt to Pleasure', 'Mr Phillips', 'Fragrant Harbour', 'Family Romance', 'Capital', 'The Wall']
