Justin Kerr-Smiley (born 25 April 1965) is a writer and journalist who lives in London, England.

Education

Kerr-Smiley was educated at Ampleforth College and

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

and completed post graduate studies in broadcast journalism in 1990. As a correspondent Kerr-Smiley has reported from Northern Ireland, the Balkans and South America. He is a member of the Society of Authors and was awarded a travel scholarship in 2011. He is also a published poet.

Career

''Under The Sun'' was first published in 2007. The novel is set in the

South Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

during the closing stages of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. It is the story of the relationship between an RAF pilot who is shot down and taken prisoner, and the Japanese officer in charge of him. The Sunday Telegraph described it as "a small masterpiece; the best novel that I have read about war since Captain Corelli's Mandolin." Under The Sun is now published by Arcadia Books.

References

Interviews

Review and interview in The Daily Telegraph

External links

Justin Kerr-Smiley's WebsiteArcadia BooksThe Japan Society
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