Paul Ferris (author)

Paul Ferris (author)

Paul Ferris is a British biographer and novelist. Born in Swansea, Wales, 15 February 1929, he was at Swansea Grammar School, spent two years in the Royal Air Force, worked on a Swansea newspaper, and became a freelance writer based in London. From 1955 to 1989 he contributed feature articles to "The Observer" of London and was its radio critic.

His thirty or so books (besides a Penguin devoted to the Church of England) include the standard biography of Dylan Thomas (1977, 2000, 2005), and the only biography of his wife Caitlin (1993); both won Arts Council awards. He is the editor of Thomas's letters (1986, 2000). In 1984 he wrote "Gentlemen of Fortune: The World's Merchant and Investment Bankers". His most recent novel is "Cora Crane" (2003); she was the mistress of the American writer Stephen Crane.


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