Ackroyd, Peter
ACKROYD, Peter
ACKROYD, Peter. British, b. 1949. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Social Commentary. Chief Book Reviewer, The Times, London, since 1986. Literary Ed., The Spectator, London, 1973-77; television critic, The Times, London, 1977-81. Publications: London Lick-penny (poetry), 1973; Notes for a New Culture: An Essay on Modernism, 1976; Country Life (poetry), 1978; Dressing up: Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession, 1979; Ezra Pound and His World, 1981; The Great Fire of London (novel), 1982; The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (novel), 1983; T.S. Eliot, 1984; Hawksmoor (novel), 1985; Chatterton (novel), 1987; The Diversions of Purley (poetry), 1987; First Light (novel), 1989; Dickens (biography), 1990; English Music (novel), 1992; The House of Doctor Dee (novel), 1993; Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (novel), 1994; The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, 1995; Blake, 1996; The Life of Sir Thomas More, 1998; The Plato Papers, 2000. Address: c/o Anthony Sheil Assocs. Ltd, 43 Doughty St, London WC1N 2LF, England.