Born in Manchester in 1954, Tim Parks moved to Italy in 1981. Author of eighteen novels, including the Booker-shortlisted Europa, Destiny, Cleaver, and more recently Painting Death, he has translated works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Machiavelli and Leopardi. While running a post-graduate degree course in translation at IULM University, Milan, he writes regularly for the LRB and the NYRB. His many non-fiction works include, the bestselling Italian Neighbours and Italian Ways, a remarkable memoir on chronic pain and meditation, Teach Us to Sit Still, the essay collection Where I’m Reading From, and The Novel: A Survival Skill, a reflection on the relationship between novelists, their writing and their readers. His novels, Thomas and Mary: A Love Story (2016), which was excerpted in The New Yorker, and In Extremis (2017), were both published by Harvill Secker. His non-fiction book Out of my Head: On the Trail of Consciousness, was published by Harvill Secker in July 2018.
Recently, Tim has published two books of non-fiction, ITALIAN LIFE (Harvill Secker, 2020), and THE HERO'S WAY (Harvill Secker, 2021), and a novel, HOTEL MILANO (Harvill Secker, 2022).
MR GEOGRAPHY, Tim's new novel, was published by Harvill Secker in August 2024.
