Contributors

Bill Emmott was the editor-in-chief of the Economist from 1993 to 2006, and is now a writer and consultant on international affairs. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, La Stampa and Nikkei Business. He is the author of several books, including 20:21 Vision: 20th-Century Lessons for the 21st Century (2003), Rivals: How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade (2008) and Good Italy, Bad Italy: Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future (2012).

Mark Edwards is a corporate speech writing coach who has helped his clients win over $10 billion's worth of new businesses pitches as a pitch doctor in the media, marketing and advertising industries. He began his career as a business journalist 25 years ago; for over two decades his writing appeared on a weekly basis in The Sunday Times. He is the co-author of Belonging: the key to transforming and maintaining diversity, inclusion and equality at work and the author of The Tao of Bowie: 10 lessons from David Bowie's life to help you live yours.

Matthew Engel is a journalist and author. He has written for the Guardian and Financial Times, among other publications, and was the editor of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for twelve years. His books include Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain and Extracts from the Red Notebooks. Engel's England is out in October 2014.

Peter Englund is an award-winning, bestselling Swedish historian. Having been a professor at Uppsala University, in 2008 he was appointed the new Permanent Secretary of Swedish Academy, the body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature. His breakthrough book on the Battle of Poltava was published to universal critical acclaim and sold over 250,000 copies in Sweden alone.

Daniel Mark Epstein (born October 25, 1948) is an American poet, dramatist, and biographer, best known for his biographies of Nat King Cole, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bob Dylan and Abraham Lincoln, and his radio plays, Star of Wonder and The Two Menorahs which have become holiday mainstays on National Public Radio.

Brian Samuel Epstein (19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death. He was referred to as the Fifth Beatle due to his role in the group's business affairs, image and rise to global fame.

Walter Emanuel was a well-known author and satirist. After working as a solicitor for five years, he left legal practice to pursue a career in humour writing. His work was featured in humour magazines such as Punch, where he had a weekly column. He is known for his anthropomorphic dog characters. A Dog Day is his most famous work.

Serge Dumont is one of the most well-known figures in PR and branding in Asia. His involvement in China dates back to 1978 and he established the first PR agency in China.

Tony Eccles is Visiting Professor of Strategic Management at Cass Business School, City University, having previously been Professor of Strategic Management at Glasgow University and London Business School, as well as holding visiting positions at Manchester, Cranfield and Bath Management Schools. In his career he has consulted with many international organisations, been a television presenter and award-winning copywriter. He is the author of Under New Management and Succeeding with Change.

Born in Montevideo in 1959, David Edgerton is one of Britain's leading historians, and has challenged conventional analyses of technology for 20 years. Currently the Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College London, he writes for the broadsheet press and is a regular on television and radio. He lives in London.

Paul Edmondson is Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival for The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He has published numerous articles and books on Shakespeare and speaks at academic conferences and other Shakespeare related gatherings around the world. He is a trustee of The Rose Theatre and Chair of The Hosking Houses Trust for women writers.

Betty Edwards is an American art teacher, lecturer and author of the preeminent book on its subject Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Now retired from her position as Professor Emeritus of Art at California State University in Long Beach, she continues to write, consult and participate in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain workshops. She lives in California.

Katie Edwards is a writer and broadcaster, and former literary academic. She grew up in the north of England where she still lives now.

Stella Duffy has written thirteen novels published in fifteen languages, over fifty short stories, and ten plays. She has twice won Stonewall Writer of the Year and twice won the CWA Short Story Dagger. She adapted her novel State of Happiness for film with Zentropa/Fiesta, and HBO have optioned her Theodora novels for a TV mini-series. Her story collection, Everything is Moving, Everything is Joined, and her Doctor Who novella Anti-Hero were published in 2014.
Stella is also a theatre-maker; Associate Artist with Improbable, Artistic Director of Shaky Isles Theatre, founder of The Chaosbaby Project. She is the Co-Director of Fun Palaces, the campaign for greater engagement for all – in ALL culture.

John Dufresne is the author of five novels and two books on writing and creativity. John was a 2012-13 Guggenheim Fellow and teaches in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. He lives in Dania Beach, Florida.
His first book with Serpent's Tail is No Regrets, Coyote, out in February 2014.