James Buchan was for many years a correspondent of the Financial Times in the Middle East, and later in central Europe and the US. He has written more than a dozen works of fiction and history, and his novels have won major literary awards, including the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. His most recent publication, Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and its Consequences, was published in 2012. He lives with his family in Norfolk.
