Brian Thompson

Brian Thompson was born in London and now lives in Oxford. He has written two award-winning volumes of memoir: Keeping Mum (2006), winner of the Costa Prize for Biography and the PEN/Ackerley Prize, and Clever Girl (2007), longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. The Bella Wallis quartet comprises The Widow's Secret, The Sailor's Ransom, The Player's Curse and The Whole Story.