Autobiography: Literary

When, in 2000, the National Theatre published its poll of the hundred best plays of the 20th century, David Hare had written five of them. Yet he w...

The latest Collectors' Edition from Faber Members: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.First published by Faber in 1966, The Bell Jar is today considered ...

Born in Poona, India, Farrukh Dhondy came to England in 1964 and immersed himself in radical politics and the counterculture. He kicked off a caree...

'Fascinating, hugely entertaining, instructive in the best sense. I always thought that writing could not be taught, only reading, but this book ma...

A collection of portraits of some of the finest comedians of our time. From the author of the acclaimed The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, as mad...

The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page'Lifescapes is the u...

The worlds oldest still-active war correspondent, Al J. Venter has reported from the front lines for well over half a century, witnessing the horro...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Orlando had become a woman there is no denying it. Bu...

A memoir from the beloved author behind the multimillion-copy bestselling A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS 'Handlers memoir, although subtle, ironic...

Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of...

A searing, inventive memoir that interrogates misogyny, heroism and womens power in an often-unsafe world through the lens of Vickys Fosters own tr...

In 1826 Angela Veronese, a gardeners daughter, wrote and published the first modern autobiography by an Italian woman. Veroneses account focuses on...

'A delight . . . a glorious, witty and life-affirming ragbag of autobiography, cultural commentary and hard-won wisdom.' ANDREW TAYLOR, author of T...

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab worlds greatest writers, tells the story of the formativ...

In Walking through Fire, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab worlds greatest writers, tells the story of the later ...