Caleb (33 page)

About the Author

Photo © 2014 Patricia Andjelkovic

Charles Alverson was born in California and, after living in England and Wales, now lives as a confirmed expatriate in Serbia. He has been writing novels since 1971 across a range of genres: thriller, detective, young adult, humor, and popular fiction. He has also written children’s books, short plays, and nonfiction, and he worked as a reporter for the
Wall Street Journal
and
Rolling Stone
. Alverson also cowrote the screenplays for the films
Jabberwocky
and
Brazil
.
Caleb
is his first historical novel, but not his last.