David Lodge is a distinguished author of literature and fiction, who was born in London. He is a graduate of University College London and was also made an Honorary Fellow of the institution. Lodge's professional career began at Birmingham University, where he taught English Literature from 1960 to 1987. After his retirement from teaching, he became a full-time writer.
As an Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham, Lodge has made significant contributions to the academic community. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and his scholarship in the field of literary criticism mainly focuses on the English and American novel, as well as literary theory. In addition to his critical work, Lodge is the author of "The Art of Fiction" (1992), a collection of articles that were first published in the Independent on Sunday.
Lodge has also achieved success as a playwright and screenwriter. He has adapted both his own work and that of other writers for television, including his novels "The Picturegoers" (1960), "The British Museum is Falling Down" (1965), "Changing Places" (1975), "Therapy" (1995), "Thinks..." (2001), and "Deaf Sentence" (2008). Lodge currently resides in Birmingham.