Stephen Amidon Books in Order

Stephen Amidon is a critically acclaimed American author and film critic. Born in Chicago in 1959, Amidon spent his formative years on the East Coast, drawing inspiration from his experiences in Columbia, Maryland, which influenced his fourth novel, The New City. As a Guy T. Carswell Scholar at Wake Forest University, he majored in philosophy before moving to London in 1987. There, he began his career as a critic, reviewing novels for The Literary Review, and was soon published in the prestigious Bloomsbury anthology Soho Square II. Amidon has since become a prolific author, writing six novels, including the award-winning Human Capital, and a collection of short stories. His work has been translated into fifteen languages and published in numerous countries. Amidon's literary criticism and essays have appeared in prominent publications in North America and the UK, and he has worked as a film critic for the Financial Times and the Sunday Times.