A Higher form of Killing

About the Authors

ROBERT HARRIS was a reporter on the BBC’s Panorama and Newsnight programmes before becoming Political Editor of the Observer in 1987, and then a columnist on the Sunday Times. He has written five non-fiction books, including A Higher Form of Killing which was his first book, and three novels. Fatherland (1992) was short-listed for the Whitbread First Novel prize, and was followed by Enigma (1995) and Archangel (1998). His novels have been bestsellers worldwide and have been translated into 30 languages. Robert Harris lives in Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby, and their children.

JEREMY PAXMAN has been a reporter ever since he left St Catherine’s College, Cambridge. He began his journalistic career covering the troubles in Northern Ireland. After three years in Belfast, he moved to London, from whence assignments took him all over the world. He began presenting Newsnight in 1989. He is also familiar to radio and television audiences through University Challenge and Start the Week and has written widely for newspapers and magazines. A Higher Form of Killing was the first of five books he has produced to date. His most recent bestseller is The English: Portrait of a People.