Last Enchantments (Finch) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—1980
• Raised—New York, New York, USA
• Education—B.A., Yale University; M.A. Oxford University
• Currently—lives in Chicago, Illinois


Charles Finch is an American author of mystery novels set in Victorian era England. He was born in New York City and graduated from Yale University where he majored in English and History. He also holds a master's degree in Renaissance English Literature from the University of Oxford. He is the grandson of American artist and writer Anne Truitt. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

His first published novel in 2007, A Beautiful Blue Death, introduced gentleman sleuth Charles Lenox. The book was named one of Library Journal’s Best Books and was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007. The September Society, Finch's second historical mystery featuring the Charles Lenox character, was published in 2008. The Fleet Street Murders came out in 2009 and was nominated for the Nero Award. A Stranger in Mayfair, the fourth Lenox mystery, was released in 2010. A Burial at Sea, A Death in the Small Hours, and An Old Betrayal were released in 2011, 2012, and 2013, respectively.

Finch's first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, was published in 2014. He has written for the New York Times and regularly reviews books for the Chicago Tribune and USA Today. (Adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 2/17/2014.)