A.A. Gill was born in Edinburgh. He is the author of A.A. Gill Is Away, The Angry Island, Previous Convictions, Table Talk, Paper View, A.A. Gill Is Further Away and To America with Love, as well as two novels. He is the TV and restaurant critic and regular features writer for The Sunday Times, a columnist for Esquire, and a contributor to Australian Gourmet Traveller. He lives in London and spends much of his year traveling. He has been nominated for more awards than he has won.