Sebastian Faulks&nbsp;has written nineteen books, of which&nbsp;<em>A Week in December</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Fatal Englishman</em>&nbsp;were number one in the&nbsp;<em>Sunday Times</em>&nbsp;bestseller lists. He is best known for&nbsp;<em>Birdsong</em>, part of his French trilogy, and&nbsp;<em>Human Traces</em>, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. On this episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest book <em>Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress</em>.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>