Patrick Marnham

Patrick Marnham is an English writer, journalist and biographer. He is primarily known for his biographies, where he has covered subjects as diverse as Diego Rivera, Georges Simenon, Jean Moulin and Mary Wesley. As a journalist, he has written for Private Eye, The Independent and The Spectator among others. He served as Literary Editor of The Spectator and Paris correspondent of The Independent. His books have won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award^[1] and the Marsh Biography Award.^[2]

Awards

• Winner of the 1985 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for So Far From God: Journey to Central America ISBN 978-0-224-02167-8
• Winner of the Marsh Biography Award for The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: Portrait of Georges Simenon ISBN 978-0-7475-0884-7

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