Justin Kerr-Smiley (born 25 April 1965) is a writer and journalist who lives in London, England.
[citation needed] Kerr-Smiley was educated at Ampleforth College and Newcastle University and completed post graduate studies in broadcast journalism in 1990.
As a correspondent Kerr-Smiley has reported from Northern Ireland, the Balkans and South America.
It is the story of the relationship between an RAF pilot who is shot down and taken prisoner, and the Japanese officer in charge of him.
The Sunday Telegraph described it as "a small masterpiece; the best novel that I have read about war since Captain Corelli's Mandolin."