James Runcie

James Runcie

The Hon. James Runcie (born 1959) is a British novelist, documentary film-maker, television producer and theatre director. [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p23943.htm#i239424 Hon. James Runcie] , " [http://www.thepeerage.com/ thePeerage.com] ".]

Runcie is the son of Robert Runcie, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rosalind Runcie. [Humphrey Carpenter, "Robert Runcie: The Reluctant Archbishop." Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. ISBN 0-340-57107-1. Pages 269–272.] He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, [Desmond Devitt (editor), "A Diversity of Dragons", 2003. Pages 51–52, " [http://jamesruncie.com/docs/ls_affair.html An affair to remember] ".] Marlborough College, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

James Runcie has produced programmes for the BBC, working in the Arts and Music department. He has produced documentaries such as "J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life" for ITV, "My Father" (on his father Robert Runcie), and a six-part series "How Buildings Learn".

His novels include "Canvey Island", "The Discovery of Chocolate", and "The Colour of Heaven".

Runcie married [http://www.thepeerage.com/p23943.htm#i239426 Marilyn Elsie Imrie] in 1985. They have one daughter together, Charlotte, born in 1989, and James is also stepfather to Marilyn's daughter, Rosie Kellagher, born in 1978. They live in St Albans.

References

External links

* [http://jamesruncie.com/ James Runcie website]
* [http://www.bloomsbury.com/authors/details.aspx?tpid=2906 Biography] from Bloomsbury Publishing
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/james-runcie/ Fantastic Fiction information]


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