William Brodrick (born 31 January 1960) is a British novelist, famous in particular for his first novel The Sixth Lamentation,[1][2] which was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club.
After passing his Bar Finals, Brodrick moved to Newcastle upon Tyne where he practised as a barrister for ten years.
In his tenth year of practice, Brodrick had a change of vocation and wrote his first novel, The Sixth Lamentation, in his spare time.
The international success of this first stride into the world of writing allowed Brodrick to leave his chambers and move to Normandy, France where he became a novelist full-time.
He wrote six novels in the Father Anselm series and, subsequently, three under the pen name John Fairfax (Summary Justice, Blind Defence and Forced Confessions).