John Campbell (biographer)
John Campbell is a British political writer and biographer. He was educated at Charterhouse and the University of Edinburgh from where he gained a Ph.D. in politics in 1975.
His works include biographies of Lloyd George, F. E. Smith, Aneurin Bevan, Roy Jenkins, Edward Heath, and Margaret Thatcher, the last consisting of two volumes, The Grocer's Daughter and The Iron Lady. A one-volume abridgment prepared by David Freeman and Pistols At Dawn: Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry from Pitt & Fox to Blair & Brown.
His most recent book is the official biography, Roy Jenkins: A Well Rounded Life, which was short-listed for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize and the 2014 Costa Biography Award, and won the Biography category in the 2014 Political Book Awards.
He is married, has two children and six grandchildren and lives in Kent.
Campbell was consultant to the 2009 production of Margaret, a fictionalisation of Margaret Thatcher's fall from power, and the 2012 film The Iron Lady.Publications
