
He is married to Ella, who is from the Amalfi Coast in Southern Italy and whose family are renowned craft pasta and ravioli specialist producers in the region.

He eventually left teaching to write his first novel, The Gates of Rome.

He then went to St Dominic's Sixth Form College, before he studied English at the University of London, and went on to teach the subject for seven years, becoming head of the English department at Haydon School, where one of his students was Fearne Cotton. He went to Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary in Ruislip, Middlesex, then attended St Martins School in Northwood, before moving on to Merchant Taylors' School. In 2007, Iggulden became the first person to top the UK fiction and non-fiction charts at the same time.īorn in 1971 to an English father (who was an RAF pilot during the Second World War, ) and Irish mother (whose grandfather was a seanchaí). He also co-authored The Dangerous Book for Boys along with his brother Hal Iggulden.

Connor Iggulden ( / ˈ ɪ ɡ əl d ɛ n/ born ( )24 February 1971) is a British author who writes historical fiction, most notably the Emperor series and Conqueror series.
