NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like You, Funny Girl, High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including An Education, Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union. R. J. CRUIKSHANK (1898-1956) was the editor of the News Chronicle (founded by Charles Dickens as the Daily News in 1846) and the author of, among other books, Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England.