Bernard Cornwell is an English American historical fiction writer. He was awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to literature and television production. In the late 1970s, he met his second wife who was American. She couldn't or didn't want to leave the country. So he moved to America,. couldn't get a green card and that's when he startedWriting sharp books is because I can write stuff without having a green card so that's what I'm going to do.