Author Biography | Interview | Books by this Author | Readalikes
Ian McEwan was born on 21st June 1948 in Aldershot, England, and now lives in London. He studied at the University of Sussex, where he received a BA degree in English Literature in 1970. While completing his MA degree in English Literature at the University of East Anglia, he took a creative writing course taught by the novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson.
He is the bestselling author of seventeen books, including the novels Nutshell; The Children Act; Sweet Tooth; Solar, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize; Saturday; Atonement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; The Comfort of Strangers and Black Dogs, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize; and The Child in Time, winner of the Whitbread Award; as well as the story collections First Love, Last Rites, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and In Between the Sheets.
Ian McEwan's website
This bio was last updated on 04/15/2019. We try to keep BookBrowse's biographies both up to date and accurate, but with many thousands of lives to keep track of it's a tough task. So, please help us - if the information about this author is out of date or inaccurate, and you know of a more complete source, please let us know. Authors and publishers: If you wish to make changes to a bio, send the complete biography as you would like it displayed so that we can replace the old with the new.
Ian McEwan: On His Favorite Book to Film Adaptations
Ian McEwan: On Writing Screenplays
Ian McEwan: On Adapting His Novels to Film
The three videos above were recorded in 2011
Ian McEwan talks about his books and the thrill of winning the 1998 Booker Prize for Amsterdam
First, congratulations on the Booker Prize. How does it feel? What does it
mean to you?
It does have an extraordinary power, this prize. I think my experience must be
just the same as more or less everyone else's who has won. I have a literary
following and people have known about my books for years, but now the potential
readership suddenly leaps. The Booker somehow has caught everyone's imagination,
and you find that worldwide there's an interest in your writing from people who
otherwise wouldn't be reading it. That's the overwhelming difference.
Americans don't really have a prize that's equivalent to the Booker, in terms
of furor and public interest. Can you enlighten us about the meaning of the
Prize in Britain?
I think a series of accidents have made the Booker very powerful here. The fact
that it has a shortlist that is announced and left in place for about a month
allows ...
Born in the U.K, Luke Allnutt is a writer and journalist based in the Czech Republic. He is married and has two young boys. (more)
If you enjoyed:
The Children Act
Try:
We Own the Sky
by Luke Allnutt
The road to publication for Martin Amis' latest novel, The Zone of Interest, has been less smooth than might be imagined, given that Amis is one of the stars of the British literary firmament. The New York Times recently ... (more)
If you enjoyed:
On Chesil Beach
Try:
House of Meetings
by Martin Amis
We recommend 90 similar authors
The Affairs of the Falcóns
by Melissa Rivero
A beautiful, urgent novel about the lengths one woman is willing to go to build a new life.
Reader Reviews
Greek to Me
by Mary Norris
The Comma Queen returns with a buoyant book about language, love, and the wine-dark sea.
Reader Reviews
How five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history.
About the book
Win copies to share with friends or your book club!
Ecstasy reveals the true Alma Mahler: composer, author, daughter, mother, wife, lover, and muse.
Visitors can view some of BookBrowse for free. Full access is for members only.
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
Subscribe to receive some of our best reviews, "beyond the book" articles, book club info, and giveaways by email.
