Sean French
Sean French was born on 28 May 1959 in Bristol, the son of Philip French, a radio producer and film critic. He was, like his two younger brothers Patrick and Karl, educated at William Ellis secondary school in north London before studying English literature at Oxford University. The couple never met while there. While at Oxford University, French won a young writers contest organised by Vogue, and subsequently became a journalist.
In 1987 he gained his first column and until the end of 2000 he wrote a column for the New Statesman. His sole-authored novel Start from Here was published in 2004.
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