James Meek was born in London and grew up in Dundee. His novel The People’s Act of Love (2005) has been translated into more than 20 languages

The People’s Act of Love won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, the SAC Book of the Year Award, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2005. The widely acclaimed We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is his fourth novel. He has published two collections of short stories, Last Orders and The Museum of Doubt, and contributed to the acclaimed Rebel Inc anthologies The Children of Albion Rovers and The Rovers Return.

James Meek

All nominated books

The People's Act of Love