D. J. Taylor (writer)
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| Born | David John Taylor 1960 (age 64–65) United Kingdom |
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| Language | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Genre | Literary criticism, fiction, biography |
David John Taylor FRSL (born 1960) is a British critic, novelist and biographer, who was born and raised in Norwich. He read modern history at St John's College, Oxford.
He has contributed to The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, The Spectator, Private Eye and Literary Review, among other publications. He lives in Norwich with his wife, the fiction writer Rachel Hore, and their three children. He was previously a member of the Norwich Writers' Circle.
Taylor received the Whitbread Award for his 2003 biography of George Orwell. His novel Derby Day was longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. Theodore Dalrymple, reviewing Taylor's Who Is Big Brother?: A Reader's Guide to George Orwell, concluded that "It deals most sensitively with Orwell's multiple ambiguities without trying to fit them into a Procrustean bed. It informs, enlightens, and entertains. It restores one's faith in the value of criticism."