The Science of Storytelling

From the author of "The Heretics" and "Selfie", this is an exploration of how master storytellers manipulate and compel us, from the Hebrew scriptures to "Mr Men", Booker Prize winning novels to TV box sets.

Will Storr is an award-winning writer. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Sunday Times, New Yorker and New York Times. He is the author of four critically acclaimed books, most recently Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed. He teaches popular journalism and storytelling classes in London. He is an in-demand ghostwriter whose books have spent months at the top of the Sunday Times bestseller chart, selling more than 300,000 copies in 2018 alone.