Matthew Sturgis

Matthew Sturgis is a British biographer and cultural historian. His book Oscar is a major biography of Oscar Wilde, drawing on extensive new research to create the most comprehensive and authoritative account of Wilde's extraordinary life. Sturgis traces Wilde's journey from Dublin to Oxford, London, Paris, and ultimately to imprisonment and exile, illuminating the wit, brilliance, and tragedy of one of literature's most fascinating figures. The biography won the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize. Available as an audiobook and in print, Oscar is essential reading and listening for fans of Wilde, literary biography, and anyone interested in Victorian culture and the life of one of its most dazzling and ill-fated stars.