James Humphreys (author)

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James Humphreys (born 1967) is a political analyst and author. He grew up in Cambridgeshire and studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Studies at Cambridge University. [1]

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Civil service and political career

Humphreys worked as a civil servant, negotiating environmental legislation with the European Union and later becoming Head of Corporate Communications at the Prime Minister's Office. [1] He was Professor of Government at City University London from 2005 to 2009. [2]

He is a member of the Green Party and became chair of the party in 2008. He stood for election in Islington South and Finsbury in the 2005 and 2010 general elections and for Islington Council also in 2010. He was an adviser to the former Green Party Member of Parliament Caroline Lucas.

He works for the public policy consultancy Woodnewton, [2] and was formerly a trustee of the Woodland Trust. [3]

Author

Humphreys is the author [4] of Negotiating in the European Union: How to Make the Brussels Machine Work for You [5] and collaborated with Caroline Lucas on two books, Honourable Friends?: Parliament and the Fight for Change and Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story.

Quite separately, Humphreys has pursued a career as writer of popular fiction. Starting with Sleeping Partner in 2000, [6] he received praise from Colin Dexter, who stated that the book was: "[a] splendid debut in crime fiction – more please, Mr Humphreys". [7]

Humphreys wrote Riptide in 2001, [8] which The Observer said to be "an accomplished, intriguing story". [9] In 2010, he published a book of ghost stories, called The Mincer and Other Stories [10] to raise funds for the Woodland Trust. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 LinkedIn profile
  2. 1 2 "Woodnewton". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Woodland Trust trustee page". Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Open Library page
  5. ↑ James Humphreys (17 April 1997), Negotiating in the European Union (Negotiating in the European Union: How to Make the Brussels Machine Work for You ed.), London UK: Random House Business Books, ISBN   9780712677592, OL   25311717M, 0712677593
  6. ↑ James Humphreys (2000), Sleeping Partner , Macmillan, ISBN   9780333901076, OCLC   43879814, 033390107X
  7. ↑ Colin Dexter, quoted on Amazon page
  8. ↑ James Humphreys (10 August 2001), Riptide, Macmillan, ISBN   9780333901083, OCLC   46847213, OL   10557707M, 0333901088
  9. ↑ Observer, quoted on Amazon page
  10. ↑ James Humphreys (31 October 2010), The Mincer and Other Stories, IndieBooks, ISBN   9781908041005, OL   25311712M, 1908041005
  11. ↑ Richard Sala's blog
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