Toby Litt was born in Bedfordshire , England in 1968. He read English at Worcester College, Oxford, and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where he was taught by Malcolm Bradbury, winning the 1995 Curtis Brown Fellowship.

He lived in Prague from 1990 to 1993 and published his first book, a collection of short stories entitled "Adventures in Capitalism", in 1996. He is the author of "Beatniks: An English Road Movie" (1997), a modern On the Road transposed to middle-England; "Corpsing" (2000), a thriller set in London 's Soho ; "Deadkidsongs" (2001), a dark tale of childhood and "Exhibitionism" (2002), a collection of short stories that explore the boundaries of sex and sexuality.

A short story by Toby Litt was included in the anthology "All Hail the New Puritans" (2000). "Finding Myself" (2003), tells the story of what happens when budding author Victoria About gathers together ten friends for an all-expenses-paid holiday in Southwold in order to write up the ensuing events.

In 2003, he was nominated by Granta magazine as one of the 20 'Best of Young British Novelists'. "Ghost Story" (2004), Toby Litt's most recent work, is an emotionally resonant, beautifully crafted and ultimately redemptive novel.

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