Chris Cleave is a British author born in London who spent his early years in Cameroon.
He studied experimental psychology at Oxford University.
Cleave's debut novel, Incendiary, won awards and was adapted into a film.
His second novel, Little Bee, became a bestseller.
He has also written Gold, his third novel.
Cleave lives in London with his family and engages with readers on social media.
His favorite childhood book was The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and he cites authors like Virginia Woolf, Émile Zola, and Gabriel García Márquez among his top five books.
Cleave was inspired to become a writer by authors such as Milan Kundera, Primo Levi, and Tibor Fischer.
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