2009 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Winner
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies
John Carey
In 1953, William Golding was a provincial schoolteacher writing books on his breaks, lunch hours and holidays. His work had been rejected by every major publisher—until an editor at Faber and Faber pulled his manuscript off the rejection pile. This was to …
2009 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Biography Shortlist
Cheever: A Life
Blake Bailey
Different Drummer: The Life of Kenneth MacMillan
Jann Parry
Muriel Spark: The Biography
Martin Stannard
