Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work a collection of short stories First Love Last Rites won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time. Language: English