The game show host, who writes The Thursday Murder Club book series, was recognised for services to literature and broadcasting in the New Year Honours list. The author, 55, was born in Billericay, Essex, to Brenda and David Osman and has an older brother called Mat who is the bass player in rock band Suede. Osman studied politics and sociology at the University of Cambridge before he began his career in TV, becoming creative director at production company Endemol UK where he worked on shows including Prize Island for ITV. Since 2020, Osman has been the man who brought Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim to life, through his cosy crime book, The Thursday Murder Club. Osman published his fifth book in the series, The Impossible Fortune, earlier this year.

Source: The Times December 30, 2025 10:48 UTC