Matthew Kneale was born in London in 1960, read Modern History at Oxford University and on graduating in 1982, spent a year teaching English in Japan, where he began writing short stories.
Kneale is the son of the writers Nigel Kneale and Judith Kerr.
Bibliography: Whore Banquets (1987), Inside Roses Kingdom (1989), Sweet Thames (1992), English Passengers (2000), Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance (2005), Powder (2006), When We Were Romans (2007)Read Less