Luis Krofts, rođen 1977. godine, odrastao je u južnoj Engleskoj, u okolini Bristola, gde se, do navršene dvanaeste godine, dočekao na glavu neverovatnih sedam puta. Sa 18 godina, upisao je studije francuske i nemačke književnosti na Oksfordu, a usavršavao se u temama iy oblasti srednjeg veka, kao što su zmajevi, princeze i patuljci. Posle nekoliko godina provedenih u Nemačkoj, nekoliko godina je živeo u Češkoj, gde je konačno napisao svoj prvi roman The Pornographer of Vienna, o životu autrijskog slikara Egona Šilea. Godine 2003. preselio se u Brisel, gde se i dalje bavi novinarstvom i pisanjem.
Kreg Tejlor objavljivao je tekstove su u najistaknutijim novinama tri zemlje – u Gardijanu (Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo), Njujork tajmsu (SAD) i Gloub end mejlu (Kanada). Njegove književne tekstove objavio je Misisipi rivju. Proteklih godina, pisao je One Million Tiny Plays About Britain za Gardijanov Vikend magazin, a tri od ovih drama bile su štampane na torbama i uručene pobednicima Kanskog festivala. Takođe izdaje sopstvene magazine, između ostalih The Review of Everything I’ve Ever Encountered i Dark Tales of Clapham. Njegovu prvu knjigu, Return to Akenfield, objavila je Granta, 2006. godine.
www.fivedials.com/fivedialsLewis Crofts, born in 1977, grew up in southern England near Bristol, where he cut his head open a prodigious seven times before the age of 12. At 18 he went to Oxford University, where he studied French and German literature, specialising in the medieval stuff about dragons, princesses and dwarves. A couple of years in Germany were followed by a couple of years in the Czech Republic, where he finally got round to writing his first novel The Pornographer of Vienna, based on the life of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele. In 2003, he moved to Brussels where he still works as a journalist and writer.
Craig Taylor’s non-fiction has appeared in the most prominent newspapers in three countries – the Guardian (UK), the New York Times (USA), and the Globe And Mail (Canada) – while his fiction has appeared in the Mississippi Review. For the past few years he has been writing One Million Tiny Plays About Britain for the Guardian’s Weekend magazine, and three of these plays were printed on handbags and given to the winners at the Cannes Film Festival. He also publishes his own photocopied magazines, including The Review of Everything I’ve Ever Encountered and Dark Tales of Clapham. His first book, Return To Akenfield, was published by Granta in 2006.
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