| Birth Date: | 17 March 1954 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Alma Mater: | University of Sussex |
| Genre: | Biography |
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| Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award |
Adam Sisman (born 17 March 1954) is a British writer, editor and biographer. He received the National Book Critics Circle Award for his second book, Boswell's Presumptuous Task. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Professor of the University of St Andrews.[1]
Sisman was born in London in 1954, the eldest child of David and Marjorie Sisman. He attended St Paul's School and then the University of Sussex, where he read history. After graduating, he worked in book publishing before becoming a writer. In 1979 he married Robyn Sisman, who died in 2016. They have two daughters.
As editor
As co-editor with Richard Davenport-Hines