Joseph Hone is a prize-winning writer and academic specialising in the history of the book. He studied and taught at Oxford, before holding fellowships at Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale. He is the author of The Paper Chase, which was longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown, and The Book Forger, publishing in 2024. In 2022 he was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Languages and Literatures. He lives in Newcastle with his wife and son, and spends much of his time either on the coast or scrabbling around in second-hand bookshops.
‘Spies, detectives, forgers, and The Case of the Kernless 'f'. Another superb piece of narrative scholarship from the best storyteller in book history’ * Dennis Duncan, author of INDEX: A HISTORY OF THE * 'Criminally sophisticated skulduggery . . . A thoroughly enjoyable romp through an infamous moment in book history’ * Oliver Darkshire, author of ONCE UPON A TOME * 'Intriguing, well-written, and impressively researched, The Book Forger tells a great story that is truly stranger than fiction' * Martin Edwards, President of the Detection Club *