James Buchan
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James Buchan, born June 11, 1954, is a British novelist and journalist.
Buchan is the son of William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir. He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, and began his career as a Financial Times correspondent, writing from the Middle East, Germany, and the United States.
His first novel, A Parish of Rich Women, received the 1984 Whitbread Book of the Year award and a Betty Trask Award. Other novels include Heart's Journey in Winter and A Good Place to Die (published as The Persian Bride in the United States). He also writes non-fiction, including Capital of the Mind: Edinburgh 1745-89 (US title: Crowded with Genius: Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind), and Frozen Desire: an Inquiry into the Meaning of Money (1997). In 2006 he also published a biography of Adam Smith, "Adam Smith and the Pursuit of Perfect Liberty." The book was printed in the United States under the title "The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas".
His latest novel, "The Gate of Air", will be published by Quercus in September.
In 1986, he married Lady Evelyn Rose Phipps, daughter of Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby. He is the grandson of John Buchan, the Scottish novelist and diplomat.
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