Michael Shelden

Michael Shelden is the author of five biographies, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Orwell: The Authorized Biography , which was also a New York Times Notable Book and has been translated into five languages. His Mark Twain: Man in White was a New York Times bestseller, and his Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill was widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a features writer for the London Daily Telegraph , served as a fiction critic for the Baltimore Sun , and has...See more

Michael Shelden is the author of five biographies, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Orwell: The Authorized Biography , which was also a New York Times Notable Book and has been translated into five languages. His Mark Twain: Man in White was a New York Times bestseller, and his Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill was widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a features writer for the London Daily Telegraph , served as a fiction critic for the Baltimore Sun , and has written for the Washington Post and the Times of London . He lives in Bloomington, Indiana. See less