Biography
Robert Harris is a British novelist and former journalist. Born in Nottingham in 1957, he read English at Cambridge University and worked as a BBC television reporter and political columnist before publishing his first novel.
His debut Fatherland (1992) was followed by historical fiction including Enigma (1995), Archangel (1998), the Cicero trilogy, The Ghost (2007) and Conclave (2016). Several have been adapted into films; he co-wrote the screenplays for The Ghost Writer (2010) and An Officer and a Spy (2019). He received a producer credit on the 2024 film Conclave.
Harris was appointed CBE in 2025 for services to literature. He is married to the writer Gill Hornby.
