Joseph Hone was born in 1989 and grew up on the Devon coast. He studied and taught at Oxford before taking fellowships at Harvard, Yale, and Cambridge. Most recently he is the author of ALEXANDER POPE IN THE MAKING, published by Oxford University Press. His debut work of creative non-fiction, THE PAPER CHASE, was published by Chatto & Windus in 2020. He lives and works as a writer and academic in Newcastle. In 2022 he was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize for his contribution to literary studies.
His new non-fiction book, THE BOOK FORGER: THE TRUE STORY OF A LITERARY CRIME THAT FOOLED THE WORLD, was published by Chatto & Windus in March 2024.