Adam Sisman (born 17 March 1954) is a British writer, editor and biographer. He received the

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820 by George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, the ...

and an Honorary Professor of the

University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, f ...

Life

Sisman was born in London in 1954, the eldest child of David and Marjorie Sisman. He attended St Paul's School and then the

University of Sussex The University of Sussex is a public university, public research university, research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the ...

, where he read history. After graduating, he worked in book publishing before becoming a writer. In 1979 he married Robyn Sisman, who died in 2016. They have two daughters.

Works

* ''A. J. P. Taylor: A Biography'' (1994) * ''Boswell's Presumptuous Task'' (1999) * ''Wordsworth and Coleridge: The Friendship'' (2006) * ''Hugh Trevor-Roper'' (2010) * ''John le Carré'' (2015) * ''The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking'' (2019) * ''The Secret Life of John le Carré'' (2023) As editor * ''Dashing for the Post: Selected Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor'' (2016) * ''More Dashing: Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor'' (2018) As co-editor with Richard Davenport-Hines * ''One Hundred Letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper'' (2013)

References

External links

* https://www.bloomsbury.com/author/adam-sisman * https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06kb0g8 * https://www.adamsisman.com * https://www.profilebooks.com Living people English biographers Alumni of the University of Sussex Writers from London Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 20th-century English writers 21st-century English writers 21st-century British non-fiction writers 20th-century British non-fiction writers 1954 births National Book Critics Circle Award winners {{England-nonfiction-writer-stub