Will Self

William Woodard Self is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. Self is currently an honorary Professor at Brunel University London, where his interests include psychogeography. His 2002 novel Dorian, an Imitation was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and his 2012 novel Umbrella was shortlisted. His fiction is known for being satirical, grotesque and fantastical, and is predominantly set within his home city of London. His writing often explores mental illness, drug abuse and psychiatry. Self is a regular contributor to publications including The Guardian, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times and the London Review of Books. He has been a columnist for The Observer, The Times, the New Statesman, the Evening Standard and The New European. His columns for Building Design on the built environment, and for The Independent Magazine on the psychology of place brought him to prominence as a thinker concerned with the politics of urbanism. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Self) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)