Giles Foden

Giles Foden is an English author, born in Warwickshire in 1967, who spent much of his youth in Africa. He was educated at Yarlet Hall, Malvern College, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and St John's College, Cambridge. Foden worked as a journalist for Media Week magazine, and later as an assistant editor for The Times Literary Supplement and deputy literary editor for The Guardian. He is currently a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Foden is best known for his novel "The Last King of Scotland" (1998), which won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. His other notable works include "Ladysmith," "Zanzibar," and "Turbulence."