Keith Ovenden

Keith Ovenden (born 1943) is an English novelist and biographer.

Ovenden was born and raised in London; he was educated at Wanstead County High School. He went on to study for degrees at the University of Keele (UK), University of Michigan (U.S.) and the University of Oxford.

He started his career lecturing at the University of Essex in the Department of Government. Since then he has lived abroad in New Zealand, France and the United States, writing books. He is currently based in Warsaw, Poland.