Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. She’s the author of seven books, including The Lonely City, Funny Weather and Everybody. Her books have been translated into 21 languages and her first novel, Crudo, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2018 she was awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction. Her latest book, The Garden Against Time, is an exhilarating investigation of garden-making and the long and troubled dream of paradise on earth. It was a Sunday Times number one bestseller.