Tom Rachman
Canadian writer

Tom Rachman

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Canadian writer
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Canada
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(Greater London)
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Tom Rachman (born 1974) is an English/Canadian novelist. His debut novel is The Imperfectionists, published in 2010 by Dial Press, an imprint of Random House. The book has been published in 25 languages.
Rachman was born in London, England and grew up in Vancouver. Rachman studied at the University of Toronto and obtained a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He worked as a journalist for the Associated Press. He currently lives in London and is working on his third novel. His brother is the Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman; their sister Emily died of breast cancer in 2012.

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  • The Imperfectionists (2010)
  • The Rise & Fall of Great Powers (2014)