Professor J D Scoffbowl’s previous publications include “Among the Giant Rabbits of Papua New Guinea”, “A History of The Banana Daiquiri in Ten-and-a-Half Chapters” and “Does My Cat Look Fat In This?”. He is acting head of the department of dietary zoology, JT Leroy University, Honduras.
Sir Rupert Hart-Davis set up his own publishing company in 1946. He was well regarded as an editor, and was executor to various literary figures of the mid-century. In 1962, he edited and compiled a collection of Oscar Wilde’s letters.
Matt Thorne was born in 1974. He is the author of ‘Tourist’ (1998), ‘Eight Minutes Idle’ (1999) and ‘Dreaming of Strangers’ (2000).
Nicholas Blincoe is the pseudonym of a workers’ collective active in publishing, journalism and related industries.
Charlotte Mosley is Diana Mitford’s daughter-in-law. She has worked as a publisher and journalist and was also the editor of ‘A Talent to Annoy: Essays, Articles and Reviews by Nancy Mitford’ (1986), ‘Love From Nancy: The Letters of Nancy Mitford’ (1993) and ‘The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh’ (1996).
Mark Reynolds is a freelance copy-writer and designer in television and publishing and is a founder member of the obscure London Sunday-league team, Dynamo Digbeth, who wear bright purple shirts for easy player identification.
Victor Sage is an Emeritus Professor at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of numerous works of literary criticism, of novels, plays and short stories. He is also one of the editors of Good as Her Word, a collection of his late wife, Lorna Sage’s journalism.
Sharon Sage is the only child of Lorna and Victor Sage. She edited Good as Her Word, a collection of her mother’s journalism, along with Victor.
Michael Kerrigan is a freelance writer and editor, compiler of The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (who is dead). He has contributed articles and reviews to the Independent, Times Literary Supplement, Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.
Patrick Merla was formerly the editor of Christopher Street magazine and the New York Native. his work has also appeared in Saturday Review, New York Newsday, Out, and Interview.
