Andrew Lownie

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Andrew James Hamilton Lownie FRHistS (born November 1961) is a British biographer and literary agent.[1][2][3]

He was educated at Westminster School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was President of the Cambridge Union in Easter term 1984.[4] He has a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[5]

Lownie founded his eponymous literary agency in 1988. It specialises in non-fiction, representing some 200 authors, and is reported to have "regularly been the top selling agent in the world".[6]

He has published biographies of writer John Buchan,[7] spy Guy Burgess[8][9] and soldier Lord Mountbatten,[10] and a literary guide to Edinburgh,[11] and has edited several volumes of John Buchan's works. He founded, and is President of, The Biographers' Club,[12] a group "committed to supporting, promoting and connecting biographers at all levels".[13]

Selected publications

  • Lownie, Andrew (22 August 2019). The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves. Blink publishing. ISBN 978-1788702560.
  • Lownie, Andrew (2016). Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring. St Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1250100993.
  • Lownie, Andrew (2000). The Literary Companion to Edinburgh. Methuen. ISBN 0413751309. (earlier ed 1992 Canongate Press)
  • Lownie, Andrew (1995). John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier. Constable. ISBN 0 09 472500 4.

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Lownie". literaryfestivals.co.uk. Sane Earth Literary. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Andrew Lownie literary agency". Jericho Writers. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ^ Pagan, F.E. (1992). The Record of Old Westminsters (Volume IV ed.). p. 238.
  4. ^ "Presidents of the Cambridge Union Society (1815-2005)". Martin Tod. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ^ "The Mountbattens: Author Bio". The Mountbattens. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Home page". Andrew Downie Literary Agency. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ Buchan, James. "The First Hundred Years". London Review of Books. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (10 September 2015). "Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  9. ^ Anderson, Porter (29 August 2015). "When the agent is the author: Andrew Lownie". The Bookseller. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  10. ^ Tucker, Grant (18 August 2019). "Lord Mountbatten's 'lust for young men' revealed". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Guidebook points out castle's little-known link to literary greats". The Scotsman. 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  12. ^ "History". The Biographers' Club. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  13. ^ "About". The Biographers' Club. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

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