Contributors

Jim Holt is a prominent essayist and critic on philosophy, mathematics, and science. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review, New York Review of Books and Prospect magazine. He lives in New York City. He is the author of Stop Me If You've Heard This [9781846681097] also published by Profile.

Cathy Park Hong has written three books of poetry, and has received some of the most prestigious fellowships for her writing: the Windham-Campbell Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her essays have been cited by Claudia Rankine, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Ben Lerner, and have been called 'groundbreaking' (Granta) and the 'cornerstone of contemporary criticism' (Ploughshares).

Holger Hoock (b. 1972) is the Carroll J. Amundson Professor of British History at the University of Pittsburgh. His first book, The King's Artists: The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture (OUP, 2003), was runner-up for the 2004 Whitfield Prize in British History.

Philip Hook is a Board member and senior director of Impressionist & Modern art at Sotheby's in London. He previously worked at Christie's in the 19th Century Paintings Department. He has appeared regularly on Antiques Roadshow and is the author of five novels and many books on the art world, including Breakfast at Sotheby's (2013) which was a book of the year in the Sunday Times, Spectator, Financial Times, Guardian and Mail on Sunday.

Jonathan E. Hillman is the author of The Digital Silk Road, and a Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State's Office of Policy Planning. He was previously a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which has been named the #1 think tank in the United States. Hillman is a world authority on China's economic and foreign policy. He has also served as a policy advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative, testified before Congress, briefed Fortune 500 executives, and his commentary has been published in the Washington Post, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

Beatrice Hitchman is an author and academic. Her first novel Petite Mort was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Polari Prize, the HWA Debut Prize and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Prize. She currently works as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton.

Alex Holder is a freelance writer and consultant, who writes for ELLE, Grazia, Refinery29 and the Guardian among others. Her projects have been featured everywhere from the BBC to the New Yorker, while her campaign highlighting the gender
pay gap went viral and helped change an actual law. She has been named one of Business Insider's 30 Most Creative Women globally and listed by the Evening Standard as one of today's 5 Inspiring Female Leaders.

@AlexandreHolder

Amber Hatch is a writer, editor and childminder, with a passion for wellbeing and meaningful connection. She is the author of five books, including The Nappy-Free Baby and Mindfulness for Parents.

Dr. Patricia Hewlin is an award-winning behavioral scientist with 20+ years of experience researching authenticity and conformity around the world. Currently on faculty at the Desautels Faculty of Management in McGill University, Dr. Hewlin is a native New Yorker who holds her PhD in organizational behavior and MBA in finance from New York University's Stern School of Business. Her work has been featured in mainstream media, including the Huffington Post, The Times, Harvard Business Review Online, and Globe and Mail, and her scholarship has been published numerous academic journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Journal of Applied Psychology, among others. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Hewlin is also a professional consultant who works with major pharmaceutical, retail, and finance companies, as well as arts organizations (fun fact: she has playbill credits for Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, and more).

Dr Florence Hazrat is a researcher and writer, and a world expert on the history and culture of punctuation. A BBC New Generation Thinker, Dr Hazrat has appeared on Radio 4's Word of Mouth and is the host of a podcast on punctuation, Standing on Points. Her first book, An Admirable Point, a cultural history of the exclamation mark, was published by Profile in 2022.

John Hegley performs live in venues all over Britain. He appears on television and radio and his poems have been featured regularly in the Guardian. He has published numerous volumes of poetry, including My Dog is a Carrot[97880744586336], which sold 8,500 copies, and Uncut Confetti [9780413775702] which sold 4,000 copies.