Kazuo Ishiguro

A failed musician turned famed novelist.
This is the gentleman that gave voice to the quintessential butler in "The remains of the day" - he himself, being a Japanese growing up in Britain in the 60's.
Mr. Ishiguro's movies and TVs adaptations
A 2010's interview by Susannah Hunnewell for the Paris Review
A 2010's interview of Mark Romanek, the director who adapted "Never let me go" for the movie, by Vanity Fair