ROBERT HARRIS was born in Nottingham in 1957 and is a graduate of Cambridge University. Between 1978 and 1992 he was, successively, a reporter on the BBC's Newsnight and Panorama programmes, Political Editor of the Observer, and a columnist on The Sunday Times. He is the author of five non-fiction books, including Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries, which was made into a five-part television series by ITV. His first novel, Fatherland, was translated into 25 languages, and was a number one bestseller across the world. He lives in Berkshire with his wife and two young children.
