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Speaking With The Angel: Contributors

Speaking With The Angel

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Boringly, everyone lives in London except Robert Harris, who lives with the editor's sister in Berkshire; Roddy Doyle, who lives in Dublin; Dave Eggers and Melissa Bank, who are American and live in New York; and Helen Fielding, who is not American, but lives in Los Angeles.

Nick Hornby
Editor and contributor.

Giles Smith
Giles is the author of Lost in Music and Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel

Roddy Doyle
Roddy is the author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Barrytown Trilogy and A Star Called Henry

Melissa Bank
Melissa is the author of The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing and The Wonder Spot

Irvine Welsh
Irvine is responsible for Trainspotting, Porno, Glue, Filth and more

Zadie Smith
Zadie is the acclaimed author of White Teeth, The Autograph Man and On Beauty (coming soon)

Dave Eggers
Dave is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, How We Are Hungry and You Shall Know Our Velocity and the editor of McSweeneys

Colin Firth
Colin Firth was Mr Darcey in Pride and Prejudice, and a character loosely based on the editor in Fever Pitch. He also stars as Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones' Diary films

Helen Fielding
Helen Fielding is the author of Bridget Jones's Diary. She is obsessed with Mr Darcey

John O'Farrell
The author of Things Can Only Get Better, a memoir, and The Best A Man Can Get, a novel. He went to the editor's school

Robert Harris
Robert Harris is the editor's brother-in-law. His books include Enigma, Fatherland and Archangel

Patrick Marber
Patrick Marber wrote the play (and the Oscar-nominated film) Closer. He was also a writer on Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge and The Day Today

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