Vic James

Vic James is the author of Gilded Cage, which was shortlisted for the Compton Crook award and was a World Book Night 2018 pick, and its sequels Tarnished City and Bright Ruin. A current-affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms, she has covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election and Britain's EU referendum for BBC1 and has twice judged The Guardian 's Not the Booker Prize. She has lived in Rome and Tokyo, and currently lives in London.

Vic James is the author of Gilded Cage, which was shortlisted for the Compton Crook award and was a World Book Night 2018 pick, and its sequels Tarnished City and Bright Ruin. A current-affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms, she has covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election and Britain's EU referendum for BBC1 and has twice judged The Guardian 's Not the Booker Prize. She has lived in Rome and Tokyo, and currently lives in London. See less