Jeremy Harding | |
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Born | 1952 (age 72–73) London, England |
Nationality | English |
Education | Wellington College |
Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Writer and journalist |
Notable credit | London Review of Books |
Jeremy Harding (born 1952) [1] is a British writer and journalist, based in the south of France. He is a contributing editor at London Review of Books . He is the author of books including Small Wars, Small Mercies (1993), The Uninvited: Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate (2000), Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy (2006), and Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World (2012).
Harding was born in London, England, where he was placed for adoption at 11 days old by his Irish mother. [2] He grew up in West London. [1] He tells the story of his adoption and the search for his biological mother in the book Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy. [3] He was later educated at Wellington College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English. [4]
He is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books . [5] He lives in France, an hour from Bordeaux, with his wife and three sons. [5]