Michel Faber

Michel Faber was born in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1960. He grew up and completed his university studies in Australia and currently lives with his family in the mountainous region of Scotland, which has "adopted" him literarily. His first book, the short story collection titled "Some Rain Must Fall" (1998), won the Scottish Arts Council Award as well as the Saltire Award for Book of the Year in 1999. However, it was with his novel "Under the Skin" that Faber became well-known to both the public and critics, earning a nomination for the Whitbread Award and being translated into multiple languages. This was followed by two novellas, "The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps" (2001) and "The Courage Consort" (2002), which were published separately in the UK and combined under the general title "The Woman and the Ghost" in the Greek edition. He has also written the extensive novel "The Crimson Petal and the White" (2002), the short story collections "The Fahrenheit Twins" (2005) and "The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories" (2006), and the novel "The Fire Gospel" (2008). In 2011, the novel "The Crimson Petal and the White" was adapted into a four-part series for BBC television. In 2012, the psychological thriller "Under the Skin" was adapted into a feature film by British director Jonathan Glazer, starring Scarlett Johansson in the lead role.