Biography: Prize-winning radio documentary producer and author of the novel THE FATTEST MAN IN AMERICA (Constable and Robinson). THE ELEPHANT KEEPER was published in the UK by Fourth Estate and the US by Morrow, and also sold in China and Taiwan. It was shortlisted for the Costa Prize in 2009 and the Encore Award in 2011 and dramatised for BBC Radio 4.
Christopher's latest novel, WINTER, is a moving story based on the late life of Thomas Hardy, published by Fourth Estate.
As summer draws to a close, a few snowbeds survive in the Scottish Highlands. A book full of vivid description and anecdote that explores the meanings of nature, beauty and mortality.
Poignant novel about the extraordinary relationship between a female elephant and her keeper, a young stable boy. Set in late 18th century England, it follows them from Bristol docks to a country estate, and finally, to London.
A darkly comic fable set in a small Texas town in modern day America.