James Lasdun was born in London in 1958 and now lives in the US. He has published three novels, four collections of poetry and four books of short stories, including the selection The Siege, the title story of which was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci (Besieged). His most recent books are Bluestone: New and Selected Poems and The Fall Guy, a novel. With Jonathan Nossiter he co-wrote the films Sunday, which won Best Feature and Best Screenplay awards at Sundance, and Signs and Wonders, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgaard. With Michael Hofmann he edited the anthology After Ovid: New Metamorphoses. With his wife Pia Davis he has written two guide books, Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria, and Walking and Eating in Provence. His essays and reviews have appeared in Harper’s, Granta, the London Review of Books, The New York Times, the Guardian and the New Yorker.
His work has been widely translated and won numerous awards, including the inaugural BBC National Short Story Award. He has been a finalist for the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize and the LA Times Book Prize. His first novel, The Horned Man, was a New York Times Notable Book, and his second, Seven Lies, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
VICTORY, which comprises the novellas 'Feathered Glory' and 'Afternoon of a Fawn', was published by Jonathan Cape in February 2019, and was selected for The Sunday Times list of 'Must Reads: the 20 best books of 2019 so far'.
His next non-fiction book, THE FAMILY MAN, on the Murdaugh murders, will be published by Jonathan Cape in 2025, followed by his novel-in-progress, THE IRON GATES.