John Saul (born Liverpool, England, 1 October 1948) is a British novelist and short story writer.
Born in Liverpool, Saul has also lived in France, Canada, Germany and Ecuador, where he began writing fiction.
The Times wrote of Call It Tender on 9 June 2007 that "the short story is not only alive but being reinvigorated in excitingly diverse ways" and Time Out (18 July 2007) "It represents Saul at the peak of his powers."
Work of his was selected as the contribution from the United Kingdom to Best European Fiction 2018 (Dalkey Archive), an annual anthology for which he was also shortlisted in 2012.
— Nicholas Royle Time Out Novels Short stories Anthologies Salt Contemporary Writers profile http://www.johnsaul.co.uk/