Ian McEwan was born in 1948 in Aldershot, England. He studied English Literature at the University of Sussex and completed his Master of Arts degree at the University of East Anglia. McEwan works as a writer, his novels such as Atonement, The Cement Garden and Enduring Love have earned him worldwide critical acclaim. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, of the Royal Society of Arts, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.