Thomas Leveritt is an Anglo-American artist who works in various media. His roots are in figurative painting, for which he has won the Carroll Medal for Portraiture from the UK's Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and other painting awards from the

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: *National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra *National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...

. He has also won the

Betty Trask Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the ...

for a first novel from the Society of Authors, as well as the

Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awa ...

, for his novel '' The Exchange-Rate Between Love and Money''. Education Raised in Dallas, Texas, Tom was sent to boarding school in England at the age of 8. At 13 he won a full scholarship to

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

. He went on to study History at

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

, graduating with a double First.

References

External links

Official website of Thomas Leveritt.
''The Guardian'' (2008)
The Exchange-rate Between Love And Money
on Amazon.co.uk 1976 births People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge 21st-century English novelists 20th-century English painters English male painters 21st-century English painters Living people English male novelists 21st-century English male writers 20th-century English male artists 21st-century English male artists {{UK-artist-stub