Nigel Farndale
Nigel Farndale (born 1964) is a British author and journalist, known for his award-winning interviews and his bestselling novel The Blasphemer.
He has written six books: three novels, two biographies and a collection of interviews. His latest novel, The Road Between Us, was published in June 2013.
The Blasphemer was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards and selected for the WH Smith Richard and Judy Bookclub.[1][2]His biography Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce was published by Macmillan in 2005 and shortlisted for that year’s Whitbread Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Farndale grew up in the Yorkshire Dales, was educated at Barnard Castle School, read philosophy for a master's degree at Durham University and worked as a farmer before becoming a journalist — he wrote an abusive letter to Auberon Waugh, who then asked him to write for Literary Review.[3] He was a contributor to various papers and magazines after that, among them the Sunday Times, Country Life and Daily Mail.
Between 1995 and 2013 he was a feature writer and columnist for the Sunday Telegraph. His interview subjects for that paper include Henry Kissinger, Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, the Dalai Lama, Prince Charles, Hillary Clinton, Paul McCartney, George Best and Stephen Hawking. He has won a British Press Award for his interviews, and three commendations for them.[4] In 2005, he was the joint subject of a programme about interviewing on Radio 4 — he and Lynn Barber compared notes on Between Ourselves.
As a freelancer he has written for, among others, the Observer, Financial Times and Spectator.
He is married with three sons and lives on the border between Hampshire and Sussex.
Publications
- The Road Between Us. London, 2013. ISBN 0-385-61913-8
- The Blasphemer. London, 2010. ISBN 0-385-61779-8
- Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce. London, 2005. ISBN 0-333-98992-9
- Flirtation, Seduction, Betrayal: Interviews with Heroes and Villains. London, 2002. ISBN 1-84119-644-4
- Last Action Hero of the British Empire: Commander John Kerans 1915–1985. London, 2001. ISBN 0-571-20825-8
- A Sympathetic Hanging. London, 2000. ISBN 0-7043-8141-9
References
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7083374/The-Blasphemer-by-Nigel-Farndale-review-DOUBLEDAY-12.99-425pp.html
- ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/83524-page.html#Comment
- ↑ "The season's grievings", Sunday Telegraph, Nigel Farndale, 31 December 2006
- ↑ "Best of British press rewarded", BBC News, 22 March 2000
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