Thomas Leveritt

Thomas Leveritt is an Anglo-American artist who works in various media. His roots are in figurative painting, for which he has won the Carroll Medal for Portraiture from the UK's Royal [Society of Portrait Painters], and other painting awards from the National [Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]. He has also won the Betty Trask Award for a first novel from the Society of Authors, as well as the Somerset [Maugham Award], for his novel The Exchange-Rate Between [Love and Money].
Education
Raised in Dallas, Texas, Tom was sent to boarding school in England at the age of 8. At 13 he won a full scholarship to Harrow School. He went on to study History at Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a double First.