Books by William Oddie

William Oddie is a former editor of The Catholic Herald, and author of a number of books, including Dickens and Carlyle and The Roman Option. After a late conversion from lifelong atheism, he was ordained an Anglican clergyman in 1977 at the age of 38. He subsequently held roles as chaplain to postgraduate students at Oxford University, as priest-librarian of Pusey House, as fellow of St Cross College, Oxford and as a parish priest. In 1987 he became a full-time journalist, writing regularly for The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, and The Daily Mail. In 1991 he was received into the Catholic Church.