Cressida Connolly is a reviewer and journalist, who has written for Vogue, The Telegraph, the Spectator, The Guardian and numerous other publications. She has interviewed many writers, including Alice Munro, Ian McEwan, Maya Angelou, Jeanette Winterson and Michael Ondaatje. A lifelong lover of poetry, she has been a judge of the Forward Poetry Prizes and has published profiles of John Stammers, Kathleen Jamie and Thomas Lynch, as well as articles about why poetry matters. Cressida has also interviewed artists Antony Gormley and Michael Craig-Martin and written appreciations of Rodrigo Moynihan, Tarka Kings and David Sylvester. Journalistic assignments have included swimming with wild dolphins in the Caribbean, considering the advantages of the harem, the delights of chick peas, blankets versus duvets, why dogs are better than cats and diverse other subjects.