“When I started writing, the deal was that publishers gave you a grand or two as an advance to buy some sweets, with the promise that they would make a big putsch with your fourth book when you'd built up a bit of a following. But by the time my fourth book came out, previously unpublished authors were the new big thing.”

English author

Geoff Dyer is an English author. He is known for novels and non-fiction books, and his work has received literary awards. In 2005, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His writing spans fiction and nonfiction, and he has built a varied body of work across both forms. He is known for prose that moves between literary reflection and wider cultural observation.