Keith Ovenden
Keith Ovenden (born 1943[1]) is an English novelist and biographer.
Ovenden was born and raised in London; he was educated at Wanstead County High School. He went on to study for degrees at the University of Keele (United Kingdom), University of Michigan (United States) and the University of Oxford.
He started his career lecturing at the University of Essex in the Department of Government. Since then he has lived abroad in New Zealand, France and the United States, writing books. He is currently based in Wellington New Zealand.
Books[]
Academic:
- Apartheid and International Finance: A Programme for Change, Penguin, 1989. (With Tony Cole.)
Novels:
- Ratatui, 1984.
- O.E., 1986.
- The Greatest Sorrow, Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0-241-13977-5. (Set in Oxford.)
- Quick Bright Things, Hamish Hamilton, 2000. ISBN 0-241-14087-0
Biography:
- A Fighting Withdrawal. The Life of Dan Davin: Writer, Soldier, Publisher (1996).
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- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
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