Tim Lott

Tim Lott (born 23 January 1956) is a British author. He worked as a music journalist and ran a magazine publishing business, launchingFlexipop magazine in 1980 with ex-Record Mirror journalist Barry Cain.

Tim Lott

Born	Timothy Andrew Lott (1956-01-23)23 January 1956 (age 69) Southall, London, England
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	London School of Economics

Early life and education

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In 1956, Lott was born inSouthall, WestLondon. He graduated with a degree in history and politics from theLondon School of Economics in 1986, at the age of 30.

Career

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In the late 1980s, Lott briefly worked as the editor ofCity Limits, a magazine based in London.Lott was a TV producer and a Sunday magazine featured writer.

In 1996, Lott's first book, a memoir,The Scent of Dried Roses, was published and won thePEN/Ackerley Prize for autobiography. It is now published as a Penguin Modern Classic. His next work, and first novel,White City Blue, was published in 1999 and won that year'sWhitbread Award for Best First Novel.

He was shortlisted in the Best Novel category of the2002 Whitbread Awards and the Encore Awards for best second novel for his workRumours of a Hurricane. He has since publishedThe Love Secrets of Don Juan,The Seymour Tapes andFearless, a young adult novel for Walker Books, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize. He has also featured prominently in the literary magazineGranta, appearing in its 21st anniversary edition as having authored one of the most significant pieces published in the previous 21 years.

His most recent book isWhen We Were Rich (Scribner).^[1] His authored documentary on the class system,The New Middle Classes, was broadcast onBBC Four in 2008.

He is a prolific travel journalist, and an occasional op-ed writer for theIndependent on Sunday. He teaches the Writing a Novel six-month course at theFaber Academy in London.