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John Lanchester
Leipzig 2013
Leipzig 2013
Born (1962-02-25) 25 February 1962 (age 62)
Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
LanguageEnglish
EducationGresham's School
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
GenreLiterary fiction, Business
Notable awardsWhitbread Book Award
1996
E. M. Forster Award
2008
SpouseMiranda Carter
Children2

John Henry Lanchester (born 25 February 1962) is a British journalist and novelist.

He was born in Hamburg, brought up in Hong Kong and educated in England; between 1972 and 1980 at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk, then at St John's College, Oxford.

He is married to historian and author Miranda Carter, with whom he has two children, and lives in London.[1]

  1. ^ Allardice, Lisa (11 January 2019). "Interview: John Lanchester: 'Walls were coming down around the world – now they are springing up'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

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