James Crawford
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James Crawford

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JAMES CRAWFORD is a writer and broadcaster and the presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Take Four Books'. Born in the Shetlands in 1978, he studied History and Philosophy of Law at the University of Edinburgh, winning the Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize. He has been a literary agent and a publisher, and for over a decade worked for and researched Scotland's National Collection of architecture and archaeology. His first major work of non-fiction, 'Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History’s Greatest Buildings' was shortlisted for non-fiction book of the year at Scotland's National Book Awards 2016. He has scripted and presented three series of the landmark BBC One documentary 'Scotland from the Sky', and is the author of ten other books. His most recent works include 'The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World'. which was shortlisted as non-fiction book of the year at Scotland's National Book Awards 2023, and 'Wild History: Journeys Into Lost Scotland', which was long listed for the Highland Book Prize. His work has been translated into 6 languages including Spanish, Japanese, Italian and Portuguese. He lives in Edinburgh.
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