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Andrew Rosenheim | |
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| Born | August 23, 1955 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| Occupation | Novelist |
| Website | andrewrosenheim |
Andrew Rosenheim (born August 23, 1955) is an American novelist, critic and publisher living in Britain. He is the author of ten novels and a memoir, and is best known for his literary thrillers exploring politics and espionage.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Rosenheim was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. He graduated from Yale University in English Literature, then came to the UK in 1977 as a Rhodes Scholar.[3] As a student at Pembroke College, Oxford, he completed a degree in philosophy, politics and economics, and an Master of Letters in English. He lives near Oxford.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In the 1980s, Rosenheim worked on early electronic publishing projects in the United States with Dick Brass, before joining Wang Laboratories in the United Kingdom,[4] where he became involved in artificial intelligence and language-research projects. His second novel, Hands On (1993) was the first novel to explore AI-generated poetry.[5]
From 1990, Rosenheim was Director of Electronic Publishing at Oxford University Press, spearheading the digital release of the Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM.[6][7][8] He left to join Penguin Press as Managing Director in 1997, where he expanded the number of titles published under the Allen Lane imprint.[9][10]
Following his involvement in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash,[11][12] Rosenheim left Penguin in 2001 to write full-time.[13][14]
In 2012, Rosenheim joined Amazon.com as the UK editor of Kindle Singles,[15] the retailer's effort to sell fiction and nonfiction for its e-reader device. In 2018, Rosenheim moved to Audible Inc. as senior editor of Audible Original Publishing. He left Audible in 2019 to focus on writing full-time once more.[citation needed]
Bibliography
[edit]Nessheim Trilogy
[edit]Historical espionage thriller series set in 1930s and 1940s America.
Other Novels
[edit]- The Tormenting of Lafayette Jackson (David R. Godine, 1988)[21]
- Hands On (Heinemann: Mandarin, 1993)
- Stillriver (Hutchinson, 2004)
- Keeping Secrets (Hutchinson, 2006)
- Without Prejudice (Hutchinson, 2008)
- Holly Lester (Bloomsbury Reader, 2016)
- The Interpreter's Secret (No Exit Press, 2026)
Memoir
[edit]- The Secrets of Carriage H (Kindle Single, 2014)
References
[edit]- ↑ Dugdale, John (2026-09-06). "Four great thrillers to read this June". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 2026-06-10. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
- ↑ LeBor, Adam (2026-05-08). "Best new thrillers — five pacy tales of money, mafiosi and betrayal". The Financial Times. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "Scholars' Library". Rhodes Trust. Archived from the original on 2026-05-21. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Andrews, Paul (1992-08-25). "Wrong Turns On Road To Pcdom Come Back To Haunt Wang". The Seattle Times. ISSN 0745-9696. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
- ↑ "What We're Reading". BookBrunch. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ Lohr, Steve (1992-07-22). "COMPANY NEWS: The Last Word in Dictionaries?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ Belsie, Laurent (1992-11-25). "[ No headline ]". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Robinson, Peter (2013). "The History of Scholarly Digital Editions, Plc". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada. 51 (1). doi:10.33137/pbsc.v51i1.20763. ISSN 2562-8941.
- ↑ Brown, Mark (2013-04-19). "Lady Thatcher's authorised biography sparks excitement and scepticism". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Obituary (2026-10-31). "Gillon Aitken, literary agent – obituary". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "Paddington train disaster: 'I can see her trapped, her face behind". The Independent. 1999-10-05. Archived from the original on 2026-01-19. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Millar, Stuart; Wells, Matt; Dodd, Vikram; Hall, Sarah (1999-10-06). "'Once we stopped the real fear set in'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ Clee, Nicholas (2003-12-18). "Where the heart is: Andrew Rosenheim gave up a top publishing job to renew his career as a novelist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ "Rosenheim Sells Novel". The Bookseller. 2003-03-07. p. 21. Retrieved 2026-05-19 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Farrington, Joshua (2012-12-21). "Rosenheim made editor for Amazon UK Kindle Singles". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ Forshaw, Barry (2011-02-21). "Review of Fear Itself by Andrew Rosenheim". The Independent. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "Fear Itself by Andrew Rosenheim". Publishers Weekly. 2012-08-27. Archived from the original on 2025-06-21. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "The Little Tokyo Informant by Andrew Rosenheim". Publishers Weekly. 2013-07-08. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ Forshaw, Barry (2016-03-18). "'The Accidental Agent', by Andrew Rosenheim". The Financial Times. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "The Accidental Agent: A Jimmy Nessheim Novel by Andrew Rosenheim". Publishers Weekly. 2017-06-17. Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- ↑ "The Tormenting of Lafayette Jackson by Andrew Rosenheim". Publishers Weekly. 1988-03-01. Retrieved 2026-08-10.