About the Author

Sebastian Faulks worked as a journalist for 14 years before taking up writing books full time in 1991. He is the author of The Girl at the Lion D’Or, A Fool’s Alphabet, Birdsong, The Fatal Englishman, Charlotte Gray and On Green Dolphin Street. After a period in France, he and his family now live in London.

Jörg Hensgen was born in Germany and studied at the universities of Wuppertal, Gottingen and Hamburg. He now lives in London and works as a publisher’s editor.