Biography
James Meek was born in London in 1962 and grew up in Dundee. He worked as a reporter for 20 years, and won several awards for his work, including reports on Guantánamo Bay and from Iraq. He continues to contribute to The Guardian, the London Review of Books and Granta.
He lived in Russia and Ukraine from 1991-99 and now lives in London.
He has published two books of short stories: Last Orders (1992); and The Museum of Doubt (2000). His three novels are: Drivetime (1995); McFarlane Boils the Sea (1989); and most recently, The People's Act of Love (2005), set in Siberia during the Russian Revolution. This book won the 2006 Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award, and the 2006 Ondaatje Prize.
A fourth novel, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent, was published in 2008. It was shortlisted for the 2008 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award
Bibliography
McFarlane Boils the Sea Polygon, 1989
Last Orders Polygon, 1992
Drivetime Polygon, 1995
The Museum of Doubt Rebel Inc, 2000
The People's Act of Love Canongate, 2005
We Are Now Beginning Our Descent Canongate, 2007
Prizes and awards
2001 Macmillan Silver Pen Award (shortlist) The Museum of Doubt
2006 Ondaatje Prize The People's Act of Love
2006 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award (shortlist) The People's Act of Love
2006 Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award The People's Act of Love
2008 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award We Are Now Beginning Our Descent
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