About the Author

G.J. Buckell was born in Redhill, Surrey, in 1981. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Manchester in 2003 before being awarded a Masters in Literature and Visual Culture by the University of Sussex in 2005. In addition to writing this critical study of Rayner Heppenstall, he is a playwright, poet, short-story writer, and film critic. He is currently writing a volume of stories about transgender lives and lifestyles.