Christopher Hale

I am a non-fiction author and documentary producer. I graduated with a First from Sussex University and studied film at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. I have made many documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 as well as international broadcasters. My first book 'Himmler's Crusade' (Transworld/Bantam) has been translated into a number of languages and won the Italian Premio Gambrinus 'Giuseppe Mazzotti' prize in 2006. 'Hitler's Foreign Executioners' was long listed as History Book of the Year by Longmans/History Today in 2011 and has been widely translated. The Polish edition was a non fiction best seller. 'Massacre in Malaya' (2013) took an unvarnished view of how the British ruled Malaya and fought the so called 'Emergency'. ‘Deception’ is about rescue attempts during the Holocaust in Hungary... My most recent book is 'A Short History of Singapore and Malaysia' which unfolds the story of this fascinating region from prehistory to the present. I have a masters in human rights law and have just completed the first of doctoral research for a PhD. In 2027, I will be published The Great Groundnut Fiasco with Hurst and The Crime of Crimes: A Short History of Genocide for Reaktion.