Francis Spufford is an English author born in 1964 and primarily known for writing non-fiction.
+Biography
Spufford was born to Professor Margaret Spufford and Professor Peter Spufford. Margaret was a social historian while Peter specialized in economic history. The nature of his parents’ scholarly backgrounds had a notable impact on the path Spufford chose to take.
As a non-fiction writer, Spufford has won awards for scientific, historical and political writing. The author, who boasts a degree in English literature which he acquired in 1985 from the University of Cambridge, prefers non-fiction but his style has such a strong element of story-telling.
Books in order of publication:
Old New York Books
| Golden Hill | (2016) |
Cahokia Jazz – 2023
Short Story Collections
| True Stories and Other Essays | (2017) |
Anthologies
| The Chatto Book of Cabbages and Kings | (1989) | |
| The Vintage Book of the Devil | (1993) | |
| The Antarctic | (2008) |
Non-Fiction Books
| Cultural Babbage | (1996) | |
| The Child That Books Built | (2002) | |
| Backroom Boys | (2003) | |
| Red Plenty | (2010) | |
| Unapologetic | (2012) | |
| I May Be Some Time: The Story Behind the Antarctic Tragedy of Captain Scott | (2018) |
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