John Lanchester Author & Editor

John Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist. His critically-acclaimed first novel, The Debt to Pleasure, won the Whitbread First Novel Award.

John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He has written four novels,The Debt to Pleasure (which won the Whitbread First Novel Award), Mr Phillips,Fragrant Harbour, and Capital, and two works of non-fiction: Family Romance, a memoir; and Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay, a book about the global financial crisis. He is married, has two children and lives in London.