Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Charles Faulks is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. He has also published novels with a contemporary setting, most recently A Week in December (2009) and Paris Echo, (2018) and a James Bond continuation novel, Devil May Care (2008), as well as a continuation of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013). He was a team captain on BBC Radio 4 literary quiz The Write Stuff.

20 April 1953

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Alan Arnett McLeod • Alexander Lebed • Crispin Glover • Daniel Varoujan • David Filo • Debbie Flintoff-King • Dwight Gustafson • Emperor Go-Kōmyō • Holland Smith • John Carney (American football) • Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby • N. Chandrababu Naidu • Nasiba Zeynalova • Odilon Redon • Olga Karlatos • Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland • Toller Cranston • Veronica Cartwright

Born in the same month (April 1953): Barry Sonnenfeld • Chen Yi (composer) • David Moorcroft • Debralee Scott • Guy Verhofstadt • Henry Fotheringham • James Russo • James Vance (comics) • John Brumby • Keiko Han • Malika Oufkir • Merrill Osmond • Pamela Wallin • Santa Barraza • Simcha Jacobovici • Tanino Liberatore