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Stuart Turton

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Stuart lives in London with his amazing wife and daughter. He drinks lots of tea. What else? ?When he left university he went travelling for three months and stayed away for five years. Every time his parents asked when he'd be back he told them next week, and meant it. Stuart is not to be trusted. In the nicest possible way. He's got a degree in English and Philosophy, which makes him excellent at arguing and terrible at choosing degrees. Having trained for no particular career, he has dabbled in most of them. He stocked shelves in a Darwin bookshop, taught English in Shanghai, worked for a technology...

Miranda July

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Miranda July (born February 15, 1974) is a performance artist, musician, writer, actress and film director. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California, after having lived for many years in Portland, Oregon. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of "July," which can be traced to a character from a "girlzine" Miranda created with a high school friend called "Snarla. "Miranda July was born in Barre, Vermont, the daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger. Her parents, who taught at Goddard College at the time, are both writers. In 1974 they founded...