Tom Rachman is the author of five works of fiction: his bestselling debut, The Imperfectionists (Anchor Canada), which was translated into 25 languages and longlisted for the Giller Prize; the critically acclaimed follow-up, The Rise & Fall of Great Powers (Doubleday Canada), named a Best Book of the Year by The Globe & Mail, NPR, The Daily Mail and others; a story collection, Basket of Deplorables (Quercus), shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize; a novel set in the art world, The Italian Teacher (Viking), shortlisted for the Costa Prize and the Sky Arts Award; and now his new novel, The Imposters (Bond Street Books), about a series of writers struggling around the world.
Born in London and raised in Vancouver, Tom studied cinema at the University of Toronto and journalism at Columbia University in New York. He worked at The Associated Press as a foreign-news editor at the Manhattan headquarters, then became a correspondent in Rome. He also reported from India, Sri Lanka, Japan, South Korea, Egypt, Turkey and elsewhere. To write fiction, he left the AP and moved to Paris, supporting himself as an editor at the International Herald Tribune.
He is a contributing columnist for The Globe & Mail, and his writing has appeared in Maclean’s, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker among other publications. He lives in London.
