Jonathan Hope

The son of an actor and a teacher/artist, Jonathan Hope was born in 1966 in Effingham, England. He grew up in Richmond-upon-Thames, attending Greycourt School and Richmond College, then studying English at Exeter University and Christ Church, Oxford. An aborted doctoral degree coincided with a decade playing and coaching ultimate frisbee, and the start of his own career as a teacher and writer. In 2004, he moved from Oxford to Bath to work with Advanced Studies in England, a study abroad programme for US undergraduates; and in 2010 became its Dean and Director. His first publication, an illustrated alphabet book, 'A is for Donkeys', is a collaboration with the Italian artist Riccardo Guasco. The launch, in 2017, was accompanied by an exhibition of the illustrations at 44ADartspace, in Bath.

Jonathan is a lover of good and bad puns, an admirer of the work of Edward Gorey, Angela Carter, David Bowie and Banksy, and a dedicated transatlantic dad.