A Season of Peace

Gary Edric Armitage (born April 14, 1956, in Sheffield, England) is a British novelist who publishes under his own name and the pseudonym Robert Edric, with notable works including A Season of Peace, Winter Garden, Peacetime, and Gathering the Water. He won the James Tait Black Fiction Prize in 1985 for Winter Garden (as Robert Edric), was runner-up for the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1986, and had two novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2002 and 2006. Educated at the University of Hull and a full-time writer since 1982, he specializes in historical fiction exploring themes of war, exploration, and societal decline.