Description
A collection of 4 short stories from P.D. James, published together for the first time in a beautiful hardback edition
About the Author
P. D. James (1920-2014) was born in Oxford and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office. She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts and served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of the Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and The National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature (US). She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors, stepping down from the post in August 2013.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571331345
Author P. D. James
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 254g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm