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Personal life

Ishiguro has been married to Lorna MacDougall, a social worker, since 1986. They met at the West London Cyrenians homelessness charity in Notting Hill, where Ishiguro was working as a residential resettlement worker. The couple live in London. Their daughter, Naomi Ishiguro, is also an author, and published the book Escape Routes.

He describes himself as a "serious cinephile " and "great admirer of Bob Dylan ". On Desert Island Discs, he chose Dylan's "Trying to Get to Heaven" as his favorite song. His book choice was the Collected Short Stories of Anton Chekhov.