Marcel Theroux
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Marcel Raymond Theroux (born 13 June 1968) is a British-American novelist and broadcaster. He wrote A Stranger in The Earth and The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase, for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2002. His third novel, A Blow to the Heart, was published by Faber in 2006. His fourth, Far North, was published in June 2009. His fifth, Strange Bodies, was published in May 2013. He has also worked in television news in New York City and in Boston.
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Born | (1968-06-13) 13 June 1968 (age 55) Kampala, Uganda |
Occupation | Novelist, television presenter |
Education | Westminster School |
Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge Yale University |
Years active | 2002–present |
Children | 2 |
Parents | Paul Theroux (father) |
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He is the elder son of the American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux and his then-wife Anne Castle.[1] His younger brother, Louis Theroux, is a journalist, documentarian, and television presenter.