Ackerley was published by Constable in the UK in 1989 and by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in America. Parker's second book Ackerley: The Life of J. A paperback edition, with a new introduction, was published by Bloomsbury in 2007. Parker subsequently turned to writing non-fiction, and his first book, The Old Lie: The Great War and the Public-School Ethos was published by Constable in 1987. He published a number of short stories in London Magazine, Fiction magazine, Critical Quarterly and three PEN/Arts Council anthologies. He began a career in literary journalism while working in the Design Centre's bookshop in the 1980s, contributing regular book reviews to Gay News and London Magazine. He attended the Downs Malvern in Colwall and Canford School in Dorset, and read English literature at University College London. Parker was born to Edward Parker and Patricia Sturridge on 2 June 1954 in Herefordshire in the West Midlands of England. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997. Peter Parker (born 2 June 1954) is a British biographer, historian, journalist and editor.
English Literature, University College, Londonīiography, history, gardening, architecture, non-fiction
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