Michael Shelden is an American biographer and teacher, notable for his authorized biography of George Orwell, his history of Cyril Connolly's Horizon magazine, his controversial biography of Graham Greene, and his study of the last years of Mark Twain, Man in White. In March 2013 his Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill was published. In 2016 his biography of Herman Melville, Melville in Love, was published by Ecco/HarperCollins.
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George Orwell
1992
ISBN 9780749399122
Orwell
1992
ISBN 9780060921613
George Orwell Authorised Biography
1992
ISBN 9780749398231
Melville in Love
2016
ISBN 9780062419064