Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, including

Never Let Me Go

and

The Remains of the Day

, which have been adapted into films. He is also the author of

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Magic and Nightfall

. Ishiguro’s work has been translated into forty languages and has won him many honors, including the Booker Prize, the Order of the British Empire for service to literature, and the French decoration Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.