Matthew, Christopher C. F.

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MATTHEW, Christopher C. F.

MATTHEW, Christopher C. F. British, b. 1939. Genres: Novels, Novellas/ Short stories, Travel/Exploration, Humor/Satire. Career: Lecturer in English, La Colline School of Languages, La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, 1963-64; Advertising Copywriter, London Press Exchange, Ltd., 1964-66; Copywriter, J. Walter Thompson Co. Ltd., 1966-68, Masius, Wynne-Williams, 1968-70, and Thomson Group Marketing, 1970; Ed., The Times Travel Guide, 1973-75. Publications: A Different World: Stories of Great Hotels, 1976; Diary of a Somebody, 1978; The Long-Haired Boy, 1980; Loosely Engaged, 1980; The Crisp Report, 1981; Annotated Three Men in a Boat, 1982; How to Survive Middle Age, 1983; The Junket Man, 1983; Family Matters, 1987; The Simon Crisp Diaries, 1988; The Amber Room, 1995; A Nightingale Sang in Fernhurst Road, 1998; Now We Are Sixty, 1999; Knocking On, 2001; Now We Are Sixty (and a Bit), 2003. Address: 35 Drayton Gardens, London SW10 9RY, England. Online address: [email protected]

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