Duncan Barrett

I am an internationally bestselling author of narrative non-fiction books, specialising in biography and memoir. I grew up in London and studied English Literature at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 2010 I edited the First World War memoirs of pacifist saboteur Ronald Skirth, published as The Reluctant Tommy. With my partner Nuala Calvi I wrote a trio of Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers: The Sugar Girls, which was ranked second in the history bestsellers of 2012, GI Brides, which was also a New York Times bestseller in America, and The Girls Who Went to War, as well as puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew's showbiz memoir Unzipped. My solo titles include Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes Who Fought the Great War, which was nominated for the People's Book Prize, and Hitler's British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands.