Florence Hazrat

Florence lives for words, especially the unruly ones that sneak into unexpected (and uncomfortable) places. She likes giving attention to small things, and spending time with the minute and overlooked. [Such as *,/?.;”>&!] She is a researcher of Renaissance literature, a podcaster, radio guest, journalist, and author of the upcoming title from Profile Books An Admirable Point: A Brief History of ! Florence was raised in Berlin in a German-Iranian household. After school, she moved to the UK where she was educated at the University of Cambridge, and the University of St Andrews. She has held several research posts in academia before discovering her passion for writing literary non-fiction on language and culture for a general audience. Florence is a BBC New Generation Thinker, and has served as juror for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. She also gives workshops on Renaissance literature and creative writing. When she isn’t reading, thinking, or typing, she can be found training her young dog old tricks, and growing every kind of berry in her garden. Or trying to.