Author profile

Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan is a British novelist and screenwriter known for psychologically precise fiction about memory, responsibility and the consequences of individual choices. His novels include Amsterdam, Atonement and Saturday.

Recognition

Awards & honours

1998

Booker Prize

AmsterdamWinner

1987

Whitbread Novel Award

The Child in TimeWinner

2001

Booker Prize

AtonementShortlisted

2020

Goethe Medal

Recipient

From this collection

Collected books

7 collected books

Signed

Atonement

First Canadian edition, first printing

Hardcover with dust jacket

Atonement

First edition, fifth printing

Hardcover with dust jacket

Saturday

First edition, first printing

Hardcover with dust jacket

What We Can Know

First edition, first printing

Hardcover with dust jacket

Amsterdam

First edition, first printing

Hardcover with dust jacket

On Chesil Beach

First edition, first printing

Hardcover with dust jacket

The Children Act

First edition, first printing

Signature references

Signature collection

From our collection and reviewed external sources. Samples are references for comparison, not certificates of authenticity. Select an image to enlarge it.

Signature sample: Atonement — Our collection
Atonement
Personally inscribed and signed by Ian McEwan
Photobook Library · Original capture date not recorded
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Research record

Sources & image credit

Wikidata ↗Wikimedia Commons ↗Official website ↗Amrei-Marie · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Booker Prize

Whitbread Novel Award

Booker Prize

Goethe Medal

Atonement

Atonement

Saturday

What We Can Know

Amsterdam

On Chesil Beach

The Children Act

Atonement

Articles about this author

Interviews & discussions

Sources & image credit

One carefully edited letter each month.