Amanda Foreman
Date of Birth: 30 June 1968
Place of Birth: London, England
Nationality: Dual US/UK
Education: Sarah Lawrence College, BA; Oxford University, M.Phil., D.Phil.
2010/11 A World on Fire (Penguin UK, Random House US)
2008 Introduction to George IV, Christopher Hibbert (New York, 2008)
2004 ‘What if Britain and the United States had gone to war in 1861’ in What Might have Been,ed. Andrew Roberts (Weidenfeld)
2004 Series editor with Professor Lisa Jardine, ‘Making History’, (HarperCollins world-wide)
2002 New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press), Multiple entries.
2001 Introduction to Madame de Pompadour, Nancy Mitford (New York Review of Books)
2001 Introduction to The Sylph, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (Henry Parker UK)
1998 Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (HarperCollins UK, Random House US, 2000)
1997 ‘A Politician’s Politician’ in Gender in Eighteenth Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, eds. Elaine Chalus and Hannah Barker (Longmans UK)
Television and Radio Documentaries2011 Contributor, Channel 5, ‘Code Plan Red’
Contributor, BBC Radio 4, The Prime Ministers: Series 2: 2. Earl Grey
Writer, presenter, BBC Radio 3, What is History?: episode 3
Writer, presenter, BBC 2, This Week, 27 May
Writer, presenter, BBC 2, This Week, 8 November
2002 Contributor, BBC 2 Reputations, ‘Marie Antoinette’
2002 Presenter and Writer, Channel 4 Television Documentary, ‘The Duke of Wellington and his Women’
2001 Presenter and Writer, BBC Radio Documentary, ‘Queen Victoria’
1999 Presenter and Writer, BBC Television, Newsnight, ‘The Abolition of the House of Lords: What the Future Holds’
1999 Consultant, Channel Four Television Documentary, ‘The Peoples’ Duchess: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire’
1998 Presenter and Writer, BBC Radio Documentary, ‘The History of the Temperance Movement’
Prizes2012 Fletcher Pratt Award for excellence in Civil War history writing.
1999 Whitbread Prize for Best Biography
1993 Henrietta Jex-Blake Senior Fellowship, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Short List
2010 PEN/Hessell-Tiltman History Prize
1998 Guardian First Book Award
Judging
2012 Judge, Man Booker Prize
Judge, Dan David Prize
2011/12 Judge, PEN/Hessell-Tiltman History Prize
2009 Judge, National Book Award – Non Fiction
2000 Judge, The Orange Prize For Women’s Fiction
1999 Judge, The Guardian First Book Award
Trustee, Board Membership, and Professional AffiliationsVisiting Senior Research Fellow in History, Faculty of Arts, Queen Mary College, University of London, 2004 -
Advisory Council, New York Public Library, 2009 -
Advisory Council, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, 2005 -
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 2001 -
Board Member, American Friends of the National Theatre, 2011 -
Board Member, ‘Young Lions’, New York Public Lions, 2001-2005
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Writing, Gallatin School, New York University, 2002
Board Member: American Friends of the Royal Court Theatre, 2001- 2007
Board Member: Sarah Lawrence College, 2000 - 2004
Council Member: Index on Censorship, 1994 - 2007
