Alex Johnson

Alex Johnson is a writer, journalist, half-decent snooker player, and amateurish letterpress printer. After 15 years as part of The Independent newspaper’s online team he is now the Online Editor of Fine Books & Collections magazine, and contributes a regular column to the Idler magazine. Alex is the author of various books about books including Book Towns, Improbable Libraries, A Book of Book Lists, Rooms of Their Own, The Book Lover's Joke Book, The Book Lover's Almanac, Shelf Life,  Edward Lear and the Pussycat: Famous Writers and their Pets, and How To Give Your Child A Lifelong Love of Reading. He lives in St Albans.