John Lewis-Stempel

Who is John Lewis-Stempel?

John Lewis-Stempel is a historian and author, who was born in Herefordshire, England, where his family have lived for over seven hundred years. He has written on a range of subjects from Native Americans to Fatherhood, but specialises in military history and natural history. His semi-autobiographical 'The Wild Life' was hailed by Paul Blezard, the literary editor of The Lady as 'Beautifully written. As close to poetry as you'll find in prose.' Overall Lewis-Stempel has published nearly a hundred books, which have been published in languages as diverse as Portuguese Brazilian and Japanese, and which have sold over a million copies. He was awarded a Society of Authors Foundation Award in 2012, and also currently reviews books for the Sunday Express.

Lewis-Stempel started writing under the name 'Jon E. Lewis' for Constable & Robinson, for whom he still writes many books in the 'Autobiography' and 'Mammoth' series, among them the Amazon Top 50 Kindle seller 'London: The Autobiography'. Under his real name of John Lewis-Stempel he published 'Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War' in November 2010 to widespread acclaim; it was reviewed in The Literary Review as 'The single most moving book that I have read on the Great War.' It subsequently became a No. 1 best-seller on WWI on Amazon. In 2011 he authored "Young Herriot", a biographical account of the early years of James Herriot, to accompany the BBC series of the same title.