Dr Ian Mortimer is the author of the bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
eight other books and many peer-reviewed articles on English history between the fourteenth and
eighteenth centuries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was awarded the
Alexander Prize (2004) for his work on the social history of medicine in seventeenth-century
England. In June 2011 the University of Exeter awarded him a higher doctorate (D.Litt.) by
examination on the strength of his historical work. He also writes historical fiction
published under his middle names (James Forrester). He lives with his wife and three children
on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. For further information about him and a full bibliography
see his website: www.ianmortimer.com.
