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Michel Faber was born in The Hague, Netherlands on April 13, 1960. He was educated at the University of Melbourne. His books include The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fahrenheit Twins, Under the Skin, The Apple, and The Book of Strange New Things. He is also the author of two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort. He won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title The Book of Strange New Things. This title also made the shortlist for the Arthur C Clarke Award for science-fiction in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Crimson Petal and the White… (more)
The Crimson Petal and the White 6,622 copies, 193 reviews
Under the Skin 2,403 copies, 118 reviews
The Book of Strange New Things 2,126 copies, 132 reviews
D: A Tale of Two Worlds 356 copies, 8 reviews
The Courage Consort {novella} 158 copies, 10 reviews
Undying: A Love Story 74 copies, 3 reviews
Middlemarch (Introduction, some editions) 17,114 copies, 324 reviews
Granta 94: On The Road Again (Contributor) 135 copies
Four Letter Word: New Love Letters (Contributor) 133 copies, 2 reviews
Ox-Tales: Water (Contributor) 68 copies, 2 reviews
Not One More Death (Contributor) 49 copies
The National Short Story Prize 2006 (Contributor) 18 copies
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