Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic. They’re the author of eight books, including «The Lonely City» (2016), «Everybody» (2021) and the Sunday Times number one bestseller, «The Garden Against Time» (2024). Laing’s first novel, «Crudo» (2018), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. They’re a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2018 were awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction. Laing’s books have been translated into twenty-one languages.