AUTHOR PROFILE

Stefan Buczacki

Stefan Buczacki is one of the most experienced non-fiction authors in the country having published around sixty titles with major publishers over thirty years, most reprinted and many translated into several languages. He has also published many thousand features in most leading newspapers and periodicals as well as scientific publications in learned journals.  He is recognised as a highly experienced public speaker - including thirty years on cruise ships - and a broadcaster with a devoted following, probably best known for his twelve unbroken years as panellist and chairman on Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time but in all has presented, contributed to or written around two thousand radio and television programmes. He is probably most familiar for his work in gardening and natural history for which he has received honorary degrees and awards including the Veitch Memorial Medal in gold of the Royal Horticultural Society and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Garden Media Guild.

He is also however a respected biographer, a regular contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and recognised internationally as an authority on Winston Churchill and his social circle.

His highly acclaimed first full-length biography 'Churchill & Chartwell' was considered by the International Churchill Center in Washington DC to be '…a thoroughly indispensable standard work, as important for the library of any serious Churchill student as the memoirs of close associates'.

His latest major work 'My darling Mr Asquith - the extraordinary life and times of Venetia Stanley' is published in 2016 and has already received serious praise:

'I knew Venetia well and loved her dearly. Stefan Buczacki has, quite brilliantly, brought her back to life. For anyone interested in the social and political world of the period covered by the two world wars, this is essential reading'. John Julius Norwich

'I gained great pleasure and interest from this sympathetic yet penetrating study of the woman who played such a significant part in Asquith's life with some remarkable consequences for her own'. Philip Ziegler

Website: www.stefanbuczacki.co.uk

Festivals in 2016
Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival

Principal Works
Collins Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants, 1981, 4th edn 2014
Gem Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools, 1982
Zoosporic Plant Pathogens, 1983
Collins Shorter Guide to the Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants, 1983
Beat Garden Pests and Diseases, 1985
Gardeners’ Questions Answered, 1985
Three Men in a Garden, 1986
Ground Rules for Gardeners, 1986
Beginners Guide to Gardening, 1988
Creating a Victorian Flower Garden, 1988
Garden Warfare, 1988
New Generation Guide to the Fungi of Britain and Europe, 1989
A Garden for all Seasons, 1990
Understanding Your Garden, 1990
The Essential Gardener, 1991
Dr Stefan Buczacki’s Gardening Hints, 1992
Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe, 1992
The Plant Care Manual, 1992
The Gardener’s Handbook, 1993
The Budget Gardening Year, 1993
Best Climbers, 1994
Best Foliage Shrubs, 1994
Best Shade Plants, 1994
Best Soft Fruit, 1994
Classic FM Garden Planner, 1995
Best Water Plants, 1995
Best Herbs, 1995
Best Geraniums, 1998
Best Roses, 1996
Best Container Plants, 1996
Stefan Buczacki’s Gardening Britain, 1996
Best Garden Doctor, 1997
Best Summer Flowering Shrubs, 1997
Best Winter Plants, 1997
Best Clematis, 1998
Best Pruning, 1998
Stefan Buczacki’s Gardening Dictionary, 1998
Stefan Buczacki’s Plant Dictionary, 1998
Best Fuchsias, 1999
Best Evergreens, 1999
First Time Gardener, 2000
Best Water Gardens, 2000
Best Kitchen Herbs, 2000
Essential Garden Answers, 2000
Best Ground Cover, 2000
Best Rock Garden Plants, 2000
Plant Problems: prevention and treatment, 2000
Hamlyn Encyclopaedia of Gardening, 2002
Fauna Britannica, 2002
The Commonsense Gardener, 2004
Young Gardener, 2006
Garden Natural History, 2007
Collins Wildlife Gardener, 2007
Churchill & Chartwell: the untold story of Churchill’s houses and gardens, 2007
National Trust Chartwell Guide, 2010
Collins Fungi Guide, 2012
The Herb Bible, 2015
My darling Mr Asquith - the extraordinary life and times of Venetia Stanley, 2016

Contact details:

E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 01789-298106