WHITEMAN, Robin 1944-

PERSONAL: Born May 5, 1944, in King's Langley, Hertfordshire, England; married; children: three. Education: City of Canterbury College of Art, N.DD., 1965; Royal College of Art, M.A., 1968.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion House, 5 Upper St. Martin Ln., London WC2H 9EA, England.

CAREER: United Motion Pictures, London, England, writer and director, 1968-70; freelance filmmaker, 1970-80; Video Tracks Ltd., Royal Leamington, England, director and producer, 1980-85; Talbot-Whiteman, Royal Leamington, writer and partner, 1985—.

AWARDS, HONORS: Gold Award, British Film and Video Festival, 1984, for Shakespeare's Country; Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, best critical biography, Mystery Writers of America, and Agatha Award nomination, best nonfiction work, both 1996, both for The Cadfael Companion: The World of Brother Cadfael.

WRITINGS:

The Cotswolds, photographs by Rob Talbot, Rizzoli (New York, NY), 1987.

Shakespeare's Avon: A Journey from Source to Severn, photographs by Rob Talbot, Viking (London, England), 1989.

The English Lakes, photographs by Rob Talbot, Rizzoli (New York, NY), 1989.

Cadfael Country, photographs by Rob Talbot, Macdonald (London, England), 1990, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1992.

The Cadfael Companion, Macdonald (London, England), 1991, new edition, Little Brown (London, England), 1995.

In the North of England: The Yorkshire Moors andDales, photographs by Rob Talbot, Rizzoli (New York, NY), 1991.

The Yorkshire Moors and Dales, photographs by Rob Talbot, Rizzoli (New York, NY), 1991.

The Benediction of Brother Cadfael, Mysterious Press (New York, NY), 1992.

The Heart of England, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1992.

The West Country, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1993.

Wessex, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1994.

The Garden of England: The Counties of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1995.

English Landscapes, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1995.

East Anglia and the Fens, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1996.

Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden, photographs by Rob Talbot, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1996.

The Peak District, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1997.

Lakeland Landscapes, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1997.

Northumbria: English Border Country, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1998.

Yorkshire Landscapes, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1998.

Cotswold Landscapes, photographs by Rob Talbot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London, England), 1999.

(Coauthor) England, Cassell (London, England), 2000.

Brother Cadfael's Book of Days, Headline (London, England), 2000.

Contributor of photographs to Shakespeare Country, by Susan Hill, M. Joseph (London, England), 1987.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A Family to Remember.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

British Book News, August, 1987, p. 512.

Country Garden and Smallholding, December, 1996.

Country Life, June 5, 1997.

County: Warwickshire and Worcestershire, August, 1992.

Criminologist, winter, 1991.

Grimsby Evening Telegraph, May 15, 1996.

Homes and Gardens, November, 1995.

Library Journal, September 15, 1991, p. 72.

Shropshire Star, June 6, 1991.

Tribune Books (Chicago, IL), October 1, 1995, p. 4.

Wall Street Journal, December 11, 1995, p. A11.

Woman and Home, June, 1990.