Novelist William Boyd: ‘My love for London was a slow burn’

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In this episode, we’re going back to 2009 when the bestselling author William Boyd became a Listed Londoner. William Boyd is a celebrated novelist, screenwriter, critic and short story writer. He was born in Ghana and grew up there and in Nigeria. His debut novel A Good Man in Africa won the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Somerset Maugham Prize. Critical acclaim continued - amongst his accolades is winning Costa Novel of the year for his book ‘Restless’ and a Booker Prize nomination for ‘An Ice Cream War’. When William became a Listed Londoner he had just released his novel ‘Ordinary Thunderstorms’ a literary thriller mostly set in Chelsea.