Nigel Farndale (born 1964) is a British author and journalist, known for his broadsheet interviews and his bestselling novel The Blasphemer.
The Blasphemer was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards[1] His biography Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce was published in 2005 and shortlisted for that year's Whitbread Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
[2] His interview subjects have included Henry Kissinger, Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, the Dalai Lama, Prince Charles, Elton John, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Paul McCartney, George Best, Jimmy Savile and Stephen Hawking.
Before becoming a writer, Farndale read philosophy for a master’s degree at Durham University.
While there he wrote an acerbic letter to Auberon Waugh, who then asked him to write for Literary Review.