Sebastian Faulks
(1953-), WriterSebastian Charles Faulks
Sitter in 4 portraits
Novelist. Worked as journalist for 10 years before becoming Literary Editor of The Independent in 1986. His first novel A Trick of the Light (1984) was followed by The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989), a love story set in 1930s France. Best known for the critically acclaimed Birdsong (1993) and Charlotte Gray (1996). The latter novel, about a female British agent on an undercover mission in occupied France during the Second World War has been adapted for the cinema (2001). Other novels include A Week in December (2009) and A Broken World (2014).
by Matthew Carr
conté pencil on prepared charcoal paper, 2008
NPG 6846
by Norman McBeath
bromide print, 12 May 1999
NPG x88759
by Richard Saker
chromogenic print, 27 April 2007
NPG x134332
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