The author and journalist on Richard Linklater’s Waking Life, Milton’s Paradise Lost, the magic of Nick Cave and puppet shows in Salzburg
Novelist and journalist Polly Samson was born in London in 1962. She originally worked in publishing, including a role on the board of Jonathan Cape, and has written for the Observer, Guardian, Sunday Times and Daily Mail. Her first collection of short stories, Lying in Bed, was published in 1999, followed by Perfect Lives in 2010. In 2001 she published her first novel, Out of the Picture. She is married to David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, and has co-written lyrics with him for several of the band’s albums. Her novel The Kindness is out now (Bloombsury £14.99).
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