Emmanuel Cooper was a distinguished potter, writer, and visiting professor in the ceramics and glass program at the Royal College of Art in London.
"""Emmanuel Cooper is a distinguished potter and writer on the crafts, and his biography of the great potter Bernard Leach is an impressive piece of work, well-informed, thoughtful and clearly written.""---Journal of William Morris Society Studies ""[A] magisterial biography. . . . Fascinating.""—Emma Crichton-Miller"