
David John Taylor (born 1960) is a critic, novelist and biographer. After attending school in Norwich, he read Modern History at St John's College, Oxford, and has received the 2003 Whitbread Biography Award for his life of George Orwell. He lives in Norwich and contributes to The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman and The Spectator among other publications. He is married to the novelist Rachel Hore, and together they have three sons.

The True Story of the Helium Kids by One Who Was There: A Novel
2018

A Novel
2009

The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age
2007

2002

2011

2006

1996

Love, War and Literature: 1939-51
2019

A Biography
2019

The New Life
2023

The Life
2003

1999

A Definitive Guide to Modern Snobbery
2016

Literary Life in England Since 1918
2016

2013

2014