Zachary Leader is Professor of English Literature at the University of Surrey, Roehampton.His books include On Modern British Fiction (2002) and Revision and Romantic Authorship (1999). His editing of Kingley Amis's Letters was described as 'omniscient' by John Carey in the Sunday Times, 'wondrously thorough' by Ian Hamilton in the LRB, and 'exemplary' by David Lodge in the TLS. His biography of Kingsley Amis was published by Cape in 2006 to great critical acclaim.