A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

"One of the best books of the year" -- Jeanette Winterson "On Bullfighting casts an unofficial eye over a world of male exploit; the public spectacles are treated with a fresh particularity, the inner landscapes of pain with an ardent, high-risk honesty" -- Julain Barnes "Informative, minutely observed and beautifully written" Independent "An ecclectic and fascinating cultural history" Observer "A strange and beautiful book" -- Michael Ignatieff