Robert Harris is the author of five novels - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and Imperium - all of which were worldwide bestsellers. His work has been translated into thirty-one languages. He was born in Nottingham in 1957 and is a graduate of Cambridge University. He worked as a reporter on the BBC's Newsnight and Panorama programmes, before becoming Political Editor of the Observer in 1987, and then a columnist on the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph. In 2003 he was named Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards. He lives near Hungerford in Berkshire with his wife and their four children.
The best thriller for years * Sunday Telegraph * His best yet: a fast paced thriller, pulsing with suspense, that surpasses even the expertly handled tensions and twists of Fatherland * Sunday Times * Robert Harris confirms his position as Britain's pre-eminent literary thriller writer with Archangel * The Times * A really gripping narrative, full of suspense and unexpected turns, which will keep you hooked until the climax on its final page... I have never read a thriller based in Russia which has such an authentic feel * Evening Standard * Archangel is Harris's strongest book yet, confirming him as the leading current exponent of the intelligent literary thriller * The Times *