Contributors

Wilbert Rideau has won many journalism awards. He was editor of theAngolite, the first prison publication to be nominated for a National Magazine Award. It was nominated seven times under his editorship. He also co-directed the documentary The Farm which was nominated for an Oscar. He now lives in Louisiana.

Bill Ridgers is the business education editor at The Economist, editor of the Gulliver business travel blog and cricket editor for The Economist's sports blog. He has written and edited a number of reports on talent management, education and the cost of doing business. Prior to joining the newspaper, he edited the 'Which MBA?' guide for eight years.

Simon Rich has written for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, and he worked on Inside Out for Pixar. He is the creator and showrunner of TV series Man Seeking Woman (based on THE LAST GIRLFRIEND ON EARTH) and the forthcoming Miracle Workers, starring Steve Buscemi and Daniel Radcliffe, which is based on his novel WHAT IN GOD'S NAME. His other collections include Spoiled Brats and The World of Simon Rich. He is a contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4.

Ren Richards is the pen name for New York Times and USA Today Bestselling YA author Lauren DeStefano. DeStefano has published seven YA novels, four middle-grade novels and the psychological thriller, The Broken Ones.

Jae Rance is a parent with a long history of eczema in her family. She founded Scratchsleeves, a company that produces child-friendly anti-scratch solutions for kids, after making the first sleeves for her own son as he struggled with eczema. She shares tips and advice for parents on the Scratchsleeves blog.

Nerina Ramlakhan is a physiologist, sleep and stress expert, author and speaker with 30 years of experience in her field. She has been featured in publications including Stylist, Daily Mail, Telegraph and Closer.

RINA RAPHAEL is a journalist who has covered the wellness industry for Fast Company magazine as well as for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Global Wellness Institute, among other outlets. Her industry newsletter, Well To Do, covers wellness trends and offers market analysis. Previously, she served as a senior producer and lifestyle editor at Today.com and NBCNews.com. She lives in Los Angeles.

John Ray is Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College. He has previously held posts in the British Museum and at the University of Birmingham, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Yale and Chicago. He is the author of Reflections of Osiris (Profile 2001) which David Starkey called 'a triumph' and Tom Holland 'the best introduction to ancient Egypt I've read' (Daily Telegraph).

John Rechy is the author of seventeen books, including City of Night, Numbers, Rushes and The Coming of the Night. He has received many awards, including PEN Center USA's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lifetime-Recognition Award from the University of California at Riverside. He lives in Los Angeles.

Paul Rambali is a writer and broadcaster and was a rock journalist for the NME during the punk era and editor of The Face from 1980-1987. The author of two books about France and works including It's All True – In the Cities and Jungles of Brazil, a personal odyssey exploring issues of development and culture in the Third World, he also ghost-wrote Phoolan Devi, the autobiography of India's Bandit Queen, which has been published in 26 countries. He now lives in Paris.

Derek Raymond was born Robin Cook in 1931. His novels include A State of Denmark, The Crust on its Uppers, I Was Dora Suarez and How the Dead Live, which was made into a film. The son of a textile magnate, he dropped out of Eton aged sixteen and spent much of his early career among criminals and was employed at various times as a pornographer, organiser of illegal gambling, money launderer, pig-slaughterer and minicab driver. He died in London in 1994.