- James Twining
James Twining (born
December 13 ,1972 ) is a British thriller writer.Life
Although born in
London , Twining spent most of his childhood inFrance after his family moved toParis when he was four. On his return to the UK when aged eleven, he went toMerchant Taylors' School , eventually winning a place toChrist Church, Oxford where he read French Literature and Linguistics and graduated with a First Class degree in1995 .Fact|date=February 2007Twining's early career was spent in the business world. His first job was in the Corporate Finance Department of SBC Warburg (now known as
UBS , where he worked mainly on hostile bids and defences and leveraged buyouts.Then in
1999 he set up an e-procurement business (GroupTrade) with a friend. The business was eventually sold to another entrepreneur in August2002 . [cite web| url = http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=90756 | title = GroupTrade | work = PR Newswire Press Release | accessdate = 6 May | accessyear = 2006] Twining and his co-founder were both named as one of the eight "Best of Young British" entrepreneurs in The New Statesman. [cite web| url = http://www.newstatesman.com/200107020008 | title = Best of young British
work = The New Statesman | accessdate = 6 May | accessyear = 2006]Twining began writing thrillers in
2003 . He now lives in NorthLondon with his wife and daughter and is a lifelong Arsenal fan.Work
Twining wrote his first book "
The Double Eagle " in2003 and was signed up by agency Curtis Brown. It was published by Harper Collins in the UK and USA in2005 .A sequel, "The Black Sun", was published in
2006 .Both books feature art thief Tom Kirk and are set in the art world and underworld. In each case, Twining builds a modern day thriller involving
art theft around a series of historical events and/or artifacts.Twining's third novel staring Tom Kirk, titled "
The Gilded Seal ", was published in the UK in October2007 . A US release date has been set for Summer 2009.References
External links
* [http://www.jamestwining.com Official James Twining website]
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