# Tim Lott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Lott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Lott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lott > Source revision: 1270878215 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British author (born 1956) Tim Lott Born Timothy Andrew Lott (1956-01-23) 23 January 1956 (age 70) Southall, London, England Occupation Novelist Alma mater London School of Economics **Tim Lott** (born 23 January 1956) is a British author. He worked as a music journalist and ran a magazine publishing business, launching *[Flexipop](/source/Flexipop)* magazine in 1980 with ex-*[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror)* journalist Barry Cain. ## Early life and education In 1956, Lott was born in [Southall](/source/Southall), West [London](/source/London). He graduated with a degree in history and politics from the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics) in 1986, at the age of 30. ## Career In the late 1980s, Lott briefly worked as the editor of [*City Limits*](/source/City_Limits_(London_magazine)), a magazine based in London. Lott was a TV producer and a Sunday magazine featured writer. In 1996, Lott's first book, a memoir, *The Scent of Dried Roses*, was published and won the [PEN/Ackerley Prize](/source/PEN%2FAckerley_Prize) for autobiography. It is now published as a Penguin Modern Classic. His next work, and first novel, *White City Blue*, was published in 1999 and won that year's [Whitbread Award for Best First Novel](/source/1999_Whitbread_Awards). He was shortlisted in the Best Novel category of the [2002 Whitbread Awards](/source/2002_Whitbread_Awards) and the Encore Awards for best second novel for his work *Rumours of a Hurricane*. He has since published *The Love Secrets of Don Juan*, *The Seymour Tapes* and *Fearless*, a young adult novel for Walker Books, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize. He has also featured prominently in the literary magazine *[Granta](/source/Granta)*, appearing in its 21st anniversary edition as having authored one of the most significant pieces published in the previous 21 years. His most recent book is *When We Were Rich* (Scribner).[1] His authored documentary on the class system, *The New Middle Classes*, was broadcast on [BBC Four](/source/BBC_Four) in 2008. He is a prolific travel journalist, and an occasional op-ed writer for the *Independent on Sunday*. He teaches the Writing a Novel six-month course at the [Faber Academy](/source/Faber_Academy) in London. ## Personal life Lott lives in [Kensal Green](/source/Kensal_Green), North West London.[2] Lott has four children, all daughters. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Birch, Carol](/source/Carol_Birch) (27 June 2015). ["The Last Summer of the Water Strider by Tim Lott – a boy comes of age in the 70s"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/27/the-last-summer-of-the-water-strider-tim-lott-review-novel). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. Retrieved 31 January 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Montgomery, Hugh (2 January 2011). ["How We Met:Peter Gordon & Tim Lott"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-peter-gordon-amp-tim-lott-2171535.html). independent.co.uk. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-peter-gordon-amp-tim-lott-2171535.html) from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2018. ## External links - [Official website, archived 5 May 2013](https://archive.today/20130505092000/http://www.timlott.co.uk/) - [*Guardian* newspaper articles by Tim Lott](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tim-lott) - [*Independent* newspaper articles by Tim Lott](https://www.independent.co.uk/search/simple.do?useHideArticle=true&displaySearchString=Tim+Lott&searchString=byline_text%3a(%22Tim+Lott%22)&startYear=2010&useSectionFilter=true&startDay=1&startMonth=1&destinationSectionUniqueName=search&pageLength=5&publicationName=ind&sortString=publishdate) - [*Aeon* magazine articles by Tim Lott](https://aeon.co/users/tim-lott) - ["Simpatico"](https://archive.today/20110616184316/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5604465.ece), *[The Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times)*, 1 February 2009 (online text) - [Tim Lott](https://x.com/timlottwriter) on [X](/source/X_(social_network)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States France BnF data Italy Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Israel Other IdRef Open Library Yale LUX This article about an English novelist is a stub. 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