Norman Lebrecht is the author of twelve works of non-fiction, including the international bestsellers The Maestro Myth, Why Mahler? and The Life and Death of Classical Music, which have been translated into seventeen languages. His first novel, The Song of Names, won a Whitbread Award and is being released this year as a major feature film. He now writes for the Spectator and the Wall Street Journal, and is working on his fourth novel. He lives in London.
