James Buchan, born 11 June 1954, is a British novelist and journalist.

Biography

Buchan is the son of William Buchan

William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir

William James de L'Aigle Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir , also known as "William Tweedsmuir", was an English peer and author of novels, short stories, memoirs and verse...

, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir

Baron Tweedsmuir

Baron Tweedsmuir, of Elsfield in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1935 for the author and Conservative politician John Buchan. He served as Governor-General of Canada from 1935 to his death in 1940. His eldest son, the second Baron, was the...

 and grandson of John Buchan

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation....

, the Scottish novelist and diplomat. He was educated at Eton

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...

, and began his career as a Financial Times

Financial Times

The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....

 correspondent, writing from the Middle East, Germany, and the United States. In 1986, he married Lady Evelyn Rose Phipps, daughter of Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby

Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby

Oswald Constantine John Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby, KG, CBE was a British peer and philanthropist for blind people.-Early life:...

. He has 3 children, Elizabeth, Nicholas and Rose.

Novels

• A Parish of Rich Women (1984) Whitbread Book of the Year award, Betty Trask Award
  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. The awards were established in 1984 by the Society of Authors, at the bequest of the late Betty Trask, a reclusive author of over thirty romance novels...
  
  
• Davy Chadwick (1987)
• Slide (1991)
• Heart's Journey in Winter (1995) (The Golden Plough in US)
• High Latitudes (1996)
• A Good Place to Die (1999) (The Persian Bride in US)
• The Gate of Air (2008)
• The Persian Bride (2000)

Non-fiction

• Frozen Desire: An Inquiry into the Meaning of Money (1997)
• Capital of the Mind: How Edinburgh Changed the World (2003) (Crowded with Genius: Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind' in US)
• Adam Smith and the Pursuit of Liberty (2006) (The Authentic Adam Smith:His Life and Ideas in US)