Michael Dobbs Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2014, he won the P․T․ Barnum Award for Excellence in Entertainment
• Won the Benjamin Franklin Award for best historical novel in 2008
• Won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Political Literature in 2014
• Earned his doctorate in nuclear defense studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
• Put himself through college by working as a feature writer for the "Boston Globe․"
• Worked as an Aide to British politician Margaret Thatcher
• His debut novel, "House of Cards," served as the inspiration for both British and American television series of the same name
• Served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party in London
• Is distantly related to an American author of non-fiction with the same name
• In the county of Wiltshire, he is known as Lord Dobbs of Wylye