Peter Ackroyd: Quick Facts

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Born	London • England
Awards And Honors	Prix Goncourt (1985) • Costa Book Awards (1985) • Costa Book Awards (1984)
Notable Works	“Chatterton” • “English Music” • “First Light” • “Hawksmoor” • “Mr. Cadmus” • “The Fall of Troy” • “The Great Fire of London” • “The House of Doctor Dee” • “The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde” • “The Trial of Elizabeth Cree: A Novel of the Limehouse Murders” • “Three Brothers”