Born in Yorkshire, England, BLAKE MORRISON is the author of two bestselling memoirs, And When Did You Last See Your Father? and Things My Mother Never Told Me, three novels, The Justification of Johann Gutenberg, South of the River and The Last Weekend, and a study of the Bulger murder case, As If. He is also a poet, critic, journalist and librettist. He teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths College and lives in London, England. Visit his website at www.blakemorrison.com.