Richard Aronowitz grew up in rural Gloucestershire, and studied at Durham University, the Courtauld Institute, and at Oxford University. His writing has been published in The Guardian and The Independent newspapers in the U.K., as well in many leading literary journals, including The London Magazine and Stand. His poems have been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Troubadour International Poetry Prize, and anthologised in Anvil New Poets 3. His debut poetry collection Life Lessons came out in 2019. Richard's novels include Five Amber Beads (2006), It's Just the Beating of My Heart (2010), An American Decade (2017) and Night Comes Down, which is due to be released in 2025. He lives in Oxford, UK.