ROGER MOORHOUSE was born in Stockport, Cheshire, in 1968 and educated in Berkhamsted and Portsmouth. Inspired by the events of 1989, he enrolled in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of London University in 1990 to study history and politics. He graduated in 1994 with an MA. He is currently reading for a PhD in modern German history at the University of Strathclyde.

Roger Moorhouse has been senior researcher and editorial assistant to Professor Norman Davies since 1995. This working relationship culminated in 2002 with the publication, in three languages, of a co-authored study of the history of the city of Wroclaw (Breslau) entitled Microcosm - Portrait of a Central European City.

Roger Moorhouse works as a freelance researcher, translator and writer. A specialist in modern German and Central European History, he is also a regular book reviewer for numerous publications and an occasional contributor to the BBC History Magazine. He is currently researching for his next book.

He is married with two children and lives in Buckinghamshire