Jake Wallis Simons is a novelist, graphic artist and journalist. His acclaimed first novel, The Exiled Times of a Tibetan Jew, was named by the Independent on Sunday as a Book of the Year. His comics have appeared widely in different media, and he is a contributor to the Guardian and the Times.

Born in London in 1978, Jake was awarded a first class degree in English from St Peter’s College, Oxford, before undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Jake is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, and lives with his family in Winchester.