Sebastian Faulks
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Sebastian Faulks ( born 20 April, 1953, England, UK ) is a journalist and former Literary Editor of the Independent newspaper who became a novelist.
He is best known for his trilogy of novels set in France: The Girl at the Lion d’Or, Birdsong, and Charlotte Gray, the latter two of which were bestsellers.
In 2001 Charlotte Gray was made into a film starring Cate Blanchett and directed by Gillian Armstrong.
In April 2003 Birdsong came 13th in the BBC's Big Read initiative which aimed to identify Britain's best loved novels. It was the only book in the top 20 that had not been made into a feature film or TV series.
Sebastian Faulks appears regularly on British TV and Radio - most particularly as a team captain on BBC Radio 4's Literary quiz The Write Stuff.
Bibliography
- The Girl at the Lion D'or
- A Fool's Alphabet
- Birdsong
- The Fatal Englishman
- Charlotte Gray
- On Green Dolphin Street
- Human Traces - to be published q3 2005
External links
- The Big Read (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml) from the BBC
- The Write Stuff (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/writestuff.shtml)
- StoryCode lists books similar to Birdsong (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=13),On Green Dolphin Street (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=314) and Human Traces (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=331)
