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Lawrence Osborne is a critically acclaimed novelist, journalist and screenwriter based in Bangkok. He is the author of eight novels, including Ballad of a Small Player, Beautiful Animals and The Forgiven. His non-fiction ranges from memoir through travelogue to essays, including Bangkok Days, The Naked Tourist and The Wet and the Dry. His novels have been chosen as Books of the Year by the Guardian, the Observer, the Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, the Daily Mail, The Economist, the New Yorker and the New York Times. The Forgiven was made into a film in 2022 starring Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes and Ballad of a Small Player starring Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton was released on Netflix in 2025.
Osborne goes from strength to strength -- LIONEL SHRIVER Osborne handles surface and depth with immense skill, as only great writers can -- DEBORAH LEVY * Financial Times * If the purpose of a novel is to take you away from the everyday and show you something different, then Osborne is succeeding, and handsomely -- LEE CHILD * New York Times *
