Author biographies
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised in Australia. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. A former correspondent in India for Time magazine, his articles have also appeared in publications such as the Financial Times, the Independent, and the Sunday Times. He lives in Mumbai. The White Tiger is his first novel and won the Man Booker Prize in 2008.
Adam Foulds read English at St. Catherine's, Oxford, has a Creative Writing MA from UEA and received the Harper-Wood fellowship from St. John's College, Cambridge. His poetry, praised by Christopher Reid and Craig Raine, has appeared in magazines such as Arete, Stand and Quadrant. He is the author of The Truth About These Strange Times which won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.
Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. Educated at the universities of Oxford and London, he is the author of Dr Johnson’s Dictionary and has contributed to many newspapers and magazines.
James Palmer was born in 1981, lives in Beijing and has travelled extensively in East and Central Asia. This is his first book. He brings to it a knowledge of comparative religion as well as a deep fascination with the cultures and history of China and Mongolia.
Ross Raisin was born in 1979 in West Yorkshire. He lives in London. God's Own Country is his first novel. It won the Guildford Book Festival First Novel Award and a Betty Trask Award, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Portico Prize.
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Brian Schofield won the best British Travel Writer 2003 covering North America. He has spent the last eight years writing for GQ, FHM, Arena and the Sunday Times. He’s currently works as assistant travel editor, culture and news review writer at the Sunday Times.
