As the crow flies - Jeffrey archer

Jeffrey Archer is a master storyteller, the author of eleven novels which have all been worldwide bestsellers. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less was his first book, and it achieved instant success. Next came the tense and terrifying thriller Shall We Tell the President?, followed by his triumphant bestseller Kane and Abel. His first collection of short stories, A Quiver Full of Arrows, came next, and then The Prodigal Daughter, the superb sequel to Kane and Abel. This was followed by First Among Equals, considered by the Scotsman to be the finest novel about parliament since Trollope, the thrilling chase story A Matter of Honour, his second collection of stories, A Twist in the Tale, and the novels As the Crow Flies and Honour Among Thieves. Twelve-Red Herrings, his third collection of stories, was followed by the novels The Fourth Estate and The Eleventh Commandment. A collected edition of his short stories was published in 1997, followed by another collection, To Cut a Long Story Short. His latest novel, Sons of Fortune, was published by Macmillan in 2002.

Jeffrey Archer was born in 1940 and educated at Wellington School, Somerset, and Brasenose College, Oxford. He represented Great Britain in the 100 metres in the early six-ties, and entered the House of Commons when he won the by-election at Louth in 1969. He wrote his first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, in 1974. From September 1985 to October 1986 he was Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, and he was created a Life Peer in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1992. He is married with two children.