Richard Blandford was born in Cardiff in 1975. He is the author of the novels Hound Dog and Flying Saucer Rock & Roll (both Cape) and the short story collection The Shuffle (Big Hand Press). His articles have appeared in art journals Frieze and Elephant and on The Guardian website. His blog projects include The Lost Book Library, Remote Staring and It Crawled Into My Ear, Honest. He lives in Worthing and tweets @rblandford.