Jeffrey Meyers, one of twelve Americans in the Royal Society of Literature, is the author of fifty-six books on biography, art, film, and literary criticism. His work has been translated into fourteen languages and published on six continents. He has received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters honoring exceptional achievement. In 2012, he gave the Seymour Lectures in Biography at the National Libraries of Australia.
