Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg’s first novel, For Want Of A Nail, was published in 1965 and since then his novels have included The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award; Without A City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; Credo; and The Soldier’s Return, which won the WHSmith Literary Award. He has also written several works of non-fiction including Speak For England, Rich, On Giant’s Shoulders and the acclaimed bestseller of 2003, The Adventure Of English. He is controller of Arts at LWT and President of the National Campaign for the Arts, and in 1998 he was made a life peer. He lives in London and Cumbria.