P. D. 詹姆斯（P.D. James, 1920—2014）

英國作傢，她在英文世界享有盛譽，被譽為“當代推理小說女王”。自其創作以來獲奬無數，其中包括推理小說界的兩個最高奬項——“鑽石匕首奬”和“大師奬”。她是為數不多的同時拿下兩項大奬的作傢之一。此外，她也是繼柯南•道爾、 阿加莎•剋裏斯蒂之後，被請進“國際犯罪小說名人堂”的第三位作傢！

她一生寫瞭20部作品。其中，唯有《人類之子》不是推理題材，卻是她深刻批判權力，熱烈歌頌生命的重要作品。2006年，本書由阿方索•卡隆執導，被改編為同名電影，被BBC評選為“21世紀 100部偉大的電影”（100 greatest films of the 21st Century）第13位。

P. D. 詹姆斯的作品具有很高的文學性，她獲得瞭倫敦大學等八所高校的榮譽博士學位，曾擔任英國作傢協會主席、藝術委員會文化片區主席、布剋文學奬評委主席，其文學觀深刻獨到，一生受人尊敬與喜愛。

Told with P. D. James' s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, "The Children of Men" is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race.