Biography
D. J. Taylor is a writer and critic. His collection of short stories, After Bathing at Baxter's was published in 1997 and he is the author of six novels: Great Eastern Land (1986); Real Life (1992); English Settlement (1996); Trespass (1998), a satire of 1970s England; The Comedy Man (2001), the story of one half of a comedy duo; and Kept: A Victorian Mystery (2006). Several of his books are set in his home city of Norwich.
His books of non-fiction include Afer the War: The Novel and England Since 1945 (1993); A Vain Conceit: British fiction in the 1980s (1989), a critical look at the quality of fiction-writing in Britain; and most recently, Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940.
He is also well-known for his biographies: Thackeray (1999); and Orwell: The Life, published in 2003 to coincide with the centenary of Orwell's birth. This book won the 2003 Whitbread Biography Award.
Bibliography
Great Eastern Land Secker & Warburg, 1986
A Vain Conceit: British Fiction in the 1980s Bloomsbury, 1989
Other People: Portraits from the Nineties (with Marcus Berkmann; illustrated by Charles Griffin) Bloomsbury, 1990
Real Life Chatto & Windus, 1992
After the War: The Novel and England Since 1945 Chatto & Windus, 1993
English Settlement Chatto & Windus, 1996
After Bathing at Baxter's Vintage, 1997
Trespass Duckworth, 1998
Thackeray Chatto & Windus, 1999
The Comedy Man Duck Editions, 2001
Orwell: The Life Chatto & Windus, 2003
Kept: A Victorian Mystery Chatto & Windus, 200
Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918-1940 Chatto & Windus, 2007