Author

Books by Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing is a British writer and critic whose work moves across nonfiction, fiction, and cultural commentary. Her nonfiction books include To the River, The Trip to Echo Spring, The Lonely City, and Everybody: A Book About Freedom. She is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive essayists in contemporary British letters, known for a style that weaves personal history with cultural history and close reading. Crudo is her debut novel, published in 2018. She also writes regularly for The Guardian and other publications and is a qualified psychotherapist.