Jason Goodwin

Jason Goodwin is a British author of historical mystery novels and non-fiction books. He writes the Yashim the Eunuch series. Jason became interested in Instanbul while studying Byzantine history at Cambridge University. When the Berlin Wall fell, he walked from Poland to Istanbul to encounter the new European neighbours. He wrote a memoir on his trip, entitled On Foot to the Golden Horn , which won the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize in 1993.