Olivia Laing
British writer whose The Lonely City and To the River are celebrated literary nonfiction works that blend memoir, criticism, and cultural history. Her novel Crudo is a formally innovative work of autofiction. She is one of the most distinctive literary voices in contemporary Britain.
Works
- To the RiverLyric travelogue tracing the course of the Ouse River in Sussex
- The Trip to Echo SpringLiterary journey tracing writers' battles with addiction and the Mississippi
- The Lonely CityExploration of art, loneliness, and urban isolation in modern cities
- CrudoNovel as one woman's sardonic diary during a summer of political and personal chaos
- EverybodyIntimate portrait of human connection and vulnerability across different lives