Jason Goodwin

Jason Goodwin is a British author, known for his historical mystery novels and non-fiction books. He is best known for writing the Yashim the Eunuch series, which is centered around a eunuch and investigator named Yashim, who resides in Istanbul during the 19th century. Goodwin's fascination with Istanbul began while he was studying Byzantine history at Cambridge University. His interest in the city and its history led him to walk from Poland to Istanbul after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a journey which he documented in his memoir, "On Foot to the Golden Horn." The memoir won the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize in 1993.

Goodwin was born in the year 1964 and is an historian and English writer. After the success of his travel books, including "Gunpowder Gardens, Travel in China and India" and "A Time for Tea", he decided to walk from Poland to Turkey. His account of this journey, "On Foot to the Golden Horn" won the John Liewellyn Sunday Prize in the year 1993. He then wrote "Lords of the Horizon", a book about the Ottoman Empire, which was featured on the front page of the New York Times. Goodwin's interest in the Ottoman Empire led him to write the Yashim the Eunuch series, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. The first novel in the series, "The Janissary Tree", won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2007.