Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd’s books include London: The Biography (2000), Thames: Sacred River (2007), biographies of great Londoners (Charles Dickens, William Blake, Thomas More) and the novel, The Great Fire of London (1982).
From his Q A with Anna Metcalfe for the Financial Times:
What book changed your life?Read the complete interview.
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. As a young boy I was impressed by its piety.
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Which literary character most resembles you?
Winnie the Pooh.
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Who are your literary influences?
The whole English canon, from Chaucer to Shakespeare, Dickens and Blake.
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Who would you choose to play you in a film about your life?
Cate Blanchett.
--Marshal Zeringue
