Simon Van Booy was
born in London and grew up in rural Wales and Oxford. After playing
football in Kentucky, he lived in Paris and Athens. He is the author of
The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, which in
2009 won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He is also the editor
of three forthcoming Harper Perennial philosophy books entitled, Why We
Fight, Why We Need Love, and Why Our Decisions Don’t Matter. His essays
have been published in newspapers like The New York Times, The Daily
Telegraph and The Times (London). He lives in New York City where he
lectures at the School of Visual Arts, and is involved in the Rutgers
Early College Humanities program (REaCH) for young adults living in
under-served communities. His books have been translated into eight
different languages.
