"In Siberia" is a travel book that was selected as one of the books of the year by a trio of people including a British novelist born in what year?
In Siberia In Siberia is a 1999 travel book by the English writer Colin Thubron. Published in 1999, the book depicts Thubron's journeys in Siberia in the late 1990s, after the fall of communism. The book is the last of what is regarded as Thubron's "Russia trilogy", comprising "Among the Russians" (1981), "The Lost Heart of Asia" (1994) and "In Siberia" (1999). The book was widely praised by critics. Jan Morris, Kazuo Ishiguro and Anthony Sattin selected it as one of their books of the year.
Andrew Brown (writer) Andrew Brown (born 1955 in London) is a British journalist, writer, and editor. He was one of the founding staff members of "The Independent", where he worked as religious correspondent, parliamentary sketch writer, and a feature writer. He has written extensively on technology for "Prospect" and the "New Statesman" and been a feature writer on the Guardian. He has worked as the editor for the "Belief" section of The Guardian's Comment is Free which won a Webby under his leadership and is currently a leader writer and member of the paper's editorial board. He is also the press columnist of the "Church Times". "In The Beginning was the Worm" (2004) was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize. "Fishing in Utopia" (2008) won the Orwell Prize and was nominated for the Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2009.