Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. His novels include 'Towards the End of the Morning', 'The Trick of It' and 'A Landing on the Sun'. 'Headlong' was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize, Whitbread Novel Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. His most recent novel, 'Spies', is now available in paperback. His thirteen plays range from 'Noises Off' to 'Copenhagen', and he has translated a number of works, mostly from Russian. He is married to the biographer and critic Claire Tomalin.