Simon winchester author biography essay
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Simon winchester author biography essay
Simon Winchester
British journalist and author
Simon Winchester OBE | |
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Winchester in 2013 | |
| Born | (1944-09-28) 28 September 1944 (age 80) London, England |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Spouse | Catherine Evans (div.) Setsuko Winchester |
| simonwinchester.com | |
Simon WinchesterOBE (born 28 September 1944) is a British-American author and journalist.
In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to over 30 best-selling nonfiction books, one novel, and several magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic.
Early life and education
Born in London, Winchester attended several boarding schools in Dorset, including Hardye's School.[1][2] He spent a year hitchhiking around the United States,[3] then in 1963 went