Little Bee (Cleave) - Author Bio

Author Bio 
• Birth—1973
• Where—London, England, UK
• Where—raised in both Buckinghamsire (UK) and Cameroon
• Education—Oxford University
• Awards—Somerset Maugh Award; Prix des Lecteurs
• Currently—lives in London

Chris Cleave is a columnist for the Guardian newspaper in London. His first novel, Incendiary, was published in twenty countries; won the 2006 Somerset Maugham Award; was shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize; won the United States Book-of-the-Month Club's First Fiction Award; and won the Prix Special du Jury at the French Prix des Lecteurs 2007.

His second novel, Little Bee, was shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Award for Best Novel. His third, Gold, was published in 2012. He lives in London with his French wife and three mischievous Anglo-French children. He keeps his website at www.chriscleave.com (From the publisher and Wikipedia.)