Lonely City (Laing) - Author Bio

Author Bio
Olivia Laing, born in 1977, is a British writer, author, and critic.

Her first book, To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface, was published in 2011. It was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and named a Book of the Year by a number of British papers: Independent, Evening Standard, Financial Times, and Scotsman. The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking, her second book, came out in 2013, and her third, The Lonely City: Adventures in Being Alone was released in 2016. The latter books have both been widely praised.

Laing has served as the deputy books editor of the Observer and also writes for the Guardian, New Statesman, and Granta, among other publications.

She has been a MacDowell and Yaddo Fellow and Writer in Residence at the British Library. She lives in Cambridge, England. (Adapted from the publisher.)