Jonathan Coe’s biography of B. S. Johnson, Like a Fiery Elephant, won the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction in 2005. He is also the author of nine novels, including What a Carve Up! (1994), The Rotters’ Club (2001) and The Rain Before It Falls (2007).
Philip Tew is both Professor in English (Post-1900 Literature) and Deputy Head for Research of the School of Arts at Brunei University. His publications include B. S. Johnson: A Critical Reading (Manchester UP, 2001) and, co-edited with Glyn White, Re-reading B. S. Johnson (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
Julia Jordan is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature at Cardiff University. She is the author of Chance and the Modern British Novel (2010).