A. J. West's bestselling debut novel, The Spirit Engineer won the Historical Writers' Association Debut Crowd Award, gaining international praise for its telling of a long-forgotten true story. 

An award-winning BBC newsreader and reporter, he has written for national newspapers and regularly appears on network television discussing his writing and the historical context of contemporary events. 

A passionate historical researcher, he writes at The London Library and museum archives around the world.

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