Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster, best known for historical novels set in France, including Birdsong, Charlotte Gray and The Girl at the Lion d'Or. He has also written contemporary novels such as A Week in December and Paris Echo, and he continued two series from other writers: the James Bond novel Devil May Care and P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves in Jeeves and the Wedding Bells. Born in 1953, Faulks was also a team captain on the BBC Radio 4 literary quiz The Write Stuff.