Anthony McCarten

Anthony McCarten’s debut novel, Spinners (2000), was internationally acclaimed and has been translated into six languages. He has written twelve stage plays, including the worldwide, prize-winning success Ladies’ Night. His play Via Satellite - which he adapted into a feature film and directed himself - premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. His screenplay The Theory of Everything is currently under development in Hollywood.

Born in 1961, Anthony McCarten grew up in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and currently divides his time between Wellington, London and Los Angeles. His latest novel, Death of a Superhero, has just been published to great critical acclaim in New Zealand, and is to be published in May 2006 by Alma Books.

THE ENGLISH HAREM by Anthony McCarten
ISBN: 1-84688-000-9, Paperback, £7.99, 400 pp.
Publication Date: December 2005