Bernard Cornwell
The creator of the Sharpe series of historical novels...
Bernard Cornwell was born in London in 1944 - a 'war baby' - whose father was a Canadian airman and mother in Britain's Women's Auxiliary Air Force. He was adopted by a family in Essex who belonged to a religious sect called the Peculiar People (and they were), but escaped to London University and, after a stint as a teacher, he joined BBC Television where he worked for the next 10 years. He began as a researcher on the Nationwide programme and ended as Head of Current Affairs Television for the BBC in Northern Ireland.
It was while working in Belfast that he met Judy, a visiting American, and fell in love. Judy was unable to move to Britain for family reasons so Bernard went to the States where he was refused a Green Card. He decided to earn a living by writing, a job that did not need a permit from the US government - and for some years he had been wanting to write the adventures of a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars - and so the Sharpe series was born. Bernard and Judy married in 1980, are still married, still live in the States and he is still writing Sharpe.
Read more: Bernard Cornwell Series Guide
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Name: Bernard Cornwell
Date of birth: 1944
Place of birth: London
Current Home: United States
Education: London University
Similar Authors: Conn Iggulden, Simon Scarrow, Allan Mallinson, Patrick O'Brian
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