Andrew Lownie

Andrew James Hamilton Lownie FRHistS (born November 1961) is a British biographer and literary agent.[1][2][3]

He was educated at Westminster School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was President of the Cambridge Union in Easter term 1984.[4] He has a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[5]

Lownie founded his eponymous literary agency in 1988. It specialises in non-fiction, representing some 200 authors, and is reported to have "regularly been the top selling agent in the world".[6]

He has published biographies of writer John Buchan,[7] spy Guy Burgess[8][9] and soldier Lord Mountbatten,[10] and a literary guide to Edinburgh,[11] and has edited several volumes of John Buchan's works. He founded, and is President of, The Biographers' Club,[12] a group "committed to supporting, promoting and connecting biographers at all levels".[13]

Selected publications
  • Lownie, Andrew (22 August 2019). The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves. Blink publishing. ISBN 978-1788702560.
  • Lownie, Andrew (2016). Stalin's Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring. St Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1250100993.
  • Lownie, Andrew (2000). The Literary Companion to Edinburgh. Methuen. ISBN 0413751309. (earlier ed 1992 Canongate Press)
  • Lownie, Andrew (1995). John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier. Constable. ISBN 0 09 472500 4.

References
  1. "Andrew Lownie". literaryfestivals.co.uk. Sane Earth Literary. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. "Andrew Lownie literary agency". Jericho Writers. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. Pagan, F.E. (1992). The Record of Old Westminsters (Volume IV ed.). p. 238.
  4. "Presidents of the Cambridge Union Society (1815-2005)". Martin Tod. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. "The Mountbattens: Author Bio". The Mountbattens. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. "Home page". Andrew Downie Literary Agency. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. Buchan, James. "The First Hundred Years". London Review of Books. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. Norton-Taylor, Richard (10 September 2015). "Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  9. Anderson, Porter (29 August 2015). "When the agent is the author: Andrew Lownie". The Bookseller. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  10. Tucker, Grant (18 August 2019). "Lord Mountbatten's 'lust for young men' revealed". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  11. "Guidebook points out castle's little-known link to literary greats". The Scotsman. 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  12. "History". The Biographers' Club. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  13. "About". The Biographers' Club. Retrieved 23 August 2019.


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