George Pendle (born 1976) is a British author and journalist.
George Pendle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Occupation | Author and journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Stowe School |
| Alma mater | St Peter's College, Oxford |
He was educated at Stowe School and St Peter's College, Oxford.
After working at The Times from 1997 to 2001, Pendle wrote his first book, Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons (2005).
Pendle's second book – The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President (2007) is a faux-biography of the unlucky thirteenth President of the United States of America, Millard Fillmore.
His third book, Death: A Life (2008), is a comedic autobiography of the personification of Death and how he deals with his purpose, life, and love.
A collection of his non-fiction writing was released under the title Happy Failure in 2014.
Pendle's articles can be found in the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, Frieze, Cabinet magazine, History Today,[1] and Bidoun. He lives in New York City, where he has also written signs for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
References
edit- ^ "George Pendle". History Today. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons (2005) ISBN 0-297-84853-4
- The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President (2007) ISBN 0-307-33962-9
- Death: A Life (2008) ISBN 978-0-307-39560-3
- Happy Failure (2014) ISBN 1-938-56016-7
- The Book of Stamps, introduction by George Pendle (New York: Cabinet Books, 2008). ISBN 9781932698398, 1932698396
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