Mark Asquith is the author of "Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain and Postcards" (Continuum, 2009) and "Thomas Hardy, Metaphysics and Music" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) in addition to numerous articles on nineteenth century English and contemporary American literature. He holds a PhD from the University of London and currently teaches at Trinity School, Croydon, UK.