> Skip to content
JP

John Pearson

Book for an event


John Pearson graduated from Peterhouse Cambridge with a double first in History, then worked on the Economist Intelligence Unit and as a BBC trainee producer before being offered a job by Ian Fleming as his assistant on the 'Atticus' column for the Sunday Times. Pearson is the author of - among others - the only authorised biography of Ian Fleming, as well as bestselling The Profession of Violence. He lives in London and West Sussex

Books by John Pearson

Notorious

Britain's greatest true crime writer writes the definitive biography of the Kray twins.

Read more
The Gamblers

Britain's foremost writer on crime turns to the disappearance of Lord Lucan. The basis of the upcoming ITV drama, Lucan, starring Rory Kinnear and Christopher Eccleston

Read more
One Of The Family

The true story of the first and only Englishman to be accepted by leading crime families in America, and who became a key player of the New York mafia. A thrilling true crime book from crime king and official biographer of James Bond author, Ian Fleming. The true story of how mafia families, like the Corleones in The Godfather, operate on the streets of New York.

Read more