Dr. Michael Shelden

Michael Shelden is the author of five biographies, including Mark Twain: Man in White, which was chosen as one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2010 by the Christian Science Monitor. His biography of George Orwell was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Notable Book, and his most recent work, Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill, was published on both sides of the Atlantic in March. The film rights for Young Titan have been optioned to Carnival Films, the UK producers of Downton Abbey. For a dozen years Shelden was a Features Writer for the London Daily Telegraph. Currently, he is Professor of English and Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Indiana State University. Three sets of his audio lectures are available in the Modern Scholars series produced by Recorded Books, including The Lost Generation: American Writers in Paris in the 1920s.