Guy Walters

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Guy Walters (born August 8, 1971, Kensington, London) is a British author and journalist. A descendant of Richard Harris Barham, he was educated at Cheam School, Eton College and Westfield College, University of London (now part of Queen Mary, University of London).

After working at The Times from 1992 to 2000, he became a novelist. His first book, The Traitor, was published in 2002, and concerns the British Free Corps, a British unit of the Waffen-SS. The Leader (2003) is set in a Britain ruled by the Fascist dictator, Oswald Mosley. The Occupation (2004) takes place during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. The Colditz Legacy (2005) is set in Colditz Castle during the war and the 1970s. With James Owen, he edited The Voice of War in 2004, a collection of Second World War memoirs. He has recently published Berlin Games, a history of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which was shortlisted for the 2006 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

He lives near Warminster in Wiltshire with his wife Annabel Venning, the author of Following The Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters Past and Present (2005). He has two children.

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The Traitor (2002), ISBN 0-7553-0056-4
The Leader (2003), ISBN 0-7553-0057-2
The Voice of War: The Second World War Told by Those Who Fought It (2004), ISBN 0-670-91423-1 (ed. with James Owen)
The Occupation (2004), ISBN 0-7553-2064-6
The Colditz Legacy (2005), ISBN 0-7553-2715-2
Berlin Games: How Hitler Stole the Olympic Dream (2006), ISBN 0-7195-6783-1