About the author

Thomas Harding is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 19 languages. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, among other publications. He is the author of HANNS AND RUDOLF, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction; THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award; BLOOD ON THE PAGE, which won the Crime Writers’ Association “Golden Dagger Award for Non-Fiction”; FUTURE HISTORY, which was nominated for the German Youth Literature Award ‘Best Youth Book’ in 2021; WHITE DEBT which was longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing; and THE MAVERICK: and GEORGE WEIDENFELD AND THE GOLD AGE OF PUBLISHING which was chosen as a New York Times Critics’ Pick for 2023.

Thomas is the author of three pictures books illustrated by the award-winning artist Britta Teckentrup: THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE about his family’s house outside of Berlin which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal (2020); THE HOUSE ON THE CANAL about the 400-year old history of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam (2023) which won the Italian Rodari Prize for illustrated books, and THE HOUSE ON THE FARM about the history of the Harriet Tubman Home in New York (2024).

Thomas lives in Hampshire, England, with his wife the author Debora Harding. You can follow Thomas on twitter @thomasharding and author website www.thomasharding.com

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Hanns and Rudolf [2013]

Kadian Journal [2014]

The House By The Lake [2016]

Blood on the Page [2018]

Legacy [2019]

White Debt [2022]

The Maverick [2023]

Fiction

Future History [2020)

Picture Books

The House By The Lake [2020]

The House On the Canal [2023]

The House on the Farm [2024]

Awards/ Honours

2010 Journalist of the Year: West Virginia Association for Justice

2013 Shortlisted: Costa Book Award for Hanns And Rudolf

2015 Winner: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prizefor for Hanns And Rudolf

2015 Shortlisted: Costa Book Award for The House By The Lake

2018 Longlisted: Orwell Prize for The House By The Lake

2018 Winner: Crime Writers' Association  Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction for Blood On The Page

2020 Book of the Month: German Academy for Children's and Young Adult Literature for The House By The Lake (picture book)

2021 Shortlisted: German Youth Literature Award ‘Best Youth Book’ for Future History

2022 Longlisted: Kate Greenaway Medal for The House By The Lake (picture book)

2022 Longlisted: Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing for White Debt

2023 New York Times Critic’s Pick 2023: for The Maverick

2023 Finalist: translation prize IBBY French-speaking award for The House on the Canal (picture book)

2024 Selection: Junior Library Guild 2024 for The House On The Canal (picture book)

2024 Winner: Rodari Prize for illustrated books for The House On The Canal (picture book)