James Buchan is a Scottish novelist and historian, best known for A Parish of Rich Women (1984) and Days of God (2012). He has won the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Guardian Fiction Prize. His work spans fiction and non-fiction, often exploring financial, political and historical themes.
James Buchan was born in Scotland on 11 June 1954. He is the son of William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir, and the grandson of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps. Educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, Buchan began his career as a journalist. He worked for the Financial Times, reporting from the Middle East, Germany and the United States.
In 1986, Buchan married Lady Evelyn Rose Phipps, daughter of Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby. She died in 2018. He lives in Norfolk and has three children.
His first novel, A Parish of Rich Women (1984), won both the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Betty Trask Award. He continued with Davy Chadwick (1987) and Slide (1991), followed by Heart's Journey in Winter (1995), which won the Guardian Fiction Prize. Later works include High Latitudes (1996), A Good Place to Die (1999) and A Street Shaken by Light (2022).
His novel The Gate of Air (2008) follows a British poet who escapes the financial world of London to settle in a remote English village. There he becomes entangled in rural intrigue and hidden power structures.
The novel combines lyrical prose with themes of escape, secrecy and modern disillusionment. As the story unfolds, the character's sanctuary becomes a stage for confronting new dangers. The work defies easy classification, but contains elements of the thriller and the pastoral novel.
James Buchan has also written several historical studies, including Frozen Desire (1997), Capital of the Mind (2003), and John Law (2018). His non-fiction books often focus on Enlightenment thought, economics and revolution. His study of the Iranian Revolution, Days of God (2012), won the Silver Medal of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
James Buchan lives in Norfolk, England.
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James Buchan was born in Scotland on 11 June 1954. He is the son of William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir, and the grandson of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps. Educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, Buchan began his career as a journalist. He worked for the Financial Times, reporting from the Middle East, Germany and the United States.
In 1986, Buchan married Lady Evelyn Rose Phipps, daughter of Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby. She died in 2018. He lives in Norfolk and has three children.
His first novel, A Parish of Rich Women (1984), won both the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Betty Trask Award. He continued with Davy Chadwick (1987) and Slide (1991), followed by Heart's Journey in Winter (1995), which won the Guardian Fiction Prize. Later works include High Latitudes (1996), A Good Place to Die (1999) and A Street Shaken by Light (2022).
His novel The Gate of Air (2008) follows a British poet who escapes the financial world of London to settle in a remote English village. There he becomes entangled in rural intrigue and hidden power structures.
The novel combines lyrical prose with themes of escape, secrecy and modern disillusionment. As the story unfolds, the character's sanctuary becomes a stage for confronting new dangers. The work defies easy classification, but contains elements of the thriller and the pastoral novel.
James Buchan has also written several historical studies, including Frozen Desire (1997), Capital of the Mind (2003), and John Law (2018). His non-fiction books often focus on Enlightenment thought, economics and revolution. His study of the Iranian Revolution, Days of God (2012), won the Silver Medal of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
James Buchan lives in Norfolk, England.
Photo credit: www.hachette.com.au
years of life: 11 June 1954 – present
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