British · b. 1968
Andrew O'Hagan writes fiction and nonfiction that excavates Scottish identity and working-class life. His debut novel "Our Fathers" earned a 1999 Booker Prize shortlisting with its portrait of three generations shaped by Glasgow's public housing projects. O'Hagan has produced acclaimed investigations of anonymity, celebrity, and technology while maintaining a fiction practice rooted in the communities of his youth. His prose combines reportorial detail with lyric intensity.