Author type: Non-fiction

Alec Ryrie is Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University. After publishing several academic works, his first foray into trade publishing was The Sorcerer’s Tale (Oxford University Press, 2008): “very elegantly written… Ryrie shows himself to be as much a stylist as a scholar”, said Peter Ackroyd in The Times. His double prize-winning… Read more »

Miri Rubin is Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary University of London. Her books explore central themes in medieval religious culture, including Jewish-Christian relations, women in and of religious life, and the rituals of devotion and practice. In Corpus Christi (Cambridge University Press, 1991) she unravelled the central ritual of the… Read more »

As a neuroscientist and a trained clinical psychologist, Ian Robertson has a unique ability to bridge the gap between brain science, human psychology and the personal challenges that every single person on the planet faces from time to time. Ian is co-director of the Global Brain Health Institute, Professor Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin and… Read more »

Thomas Rid is Professor of Strategic Studies at John Hopkins University. His book Rise of the Machines, the first narrative history of cybernetics, was published in 2016 by Scribe. It’s a sweeping exploration of man’s relationship with machines, and the inventions and myths that shape our world. His new book, Active Measures, a history of secret… Read more »

Dan Richards is a writer & broadcaster. His first book, Holloway — co-authored with Robert Macfarlane & illustrated by Stanley Donwood — was published by Faber in 2013 and become a Sunday Times bestseller. Dan’s second, The Beechwood Airship Interviews, (HarperCollins, 2015) took a journey into the creative process, head-spaces and workplaces of some of… Read more »

Ulinka Rublack is Professor at the University of Cambridge and has published widely on early modern European history as well as approaches to history. She has edited, most recently, the Oxford Concise Companion to History (Oxford University Press, 2011), and The Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformations (Oxford University Press, 2016). Her monographs include Reformation… Read more »

David Robson was the youngest-ever features editor at New Scientist and worked for three years as a writer and editor at BBC Future, where he specialised in topics related to neuroscience and psychology, particularly intelligence. He regularly features on the radio discussing scientific issues, and his writing has also appeared in Nature, the Sydney Morning… Read more »

Alex Riley is a 27-year-old science writer focusing on long-form features in evolutionary biology, conservation, and health. His work has appeared in Aeon, Nautilus, New Scientist, Hakai Magazine, PBS’s NOVA Next, BBC Earth, and BBC Future. In 2017, he wrote a feature for The Open Notebook about managing a career in science writing while living… Read more »

Ritchie Robertson retired in 2021 as Schwarz-Taylor Professor of German at Oxford University. He is a Fellow of the Queen’s College, Oxford, and an Emeritus Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2004. His academic books include Kafka: Judaism, Politics and Literature (Oxford University Press, 1985);… Read more »

Edward is a freelance writer and editor who specialises in business and finance and contributes regularly to publications such as the Financial Times, New Statesman and The Banker. Quercus published his first book 50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know (2008), which aims to demystify many of the business theories and buzzwords that the… Read more »