Claire Armitstead is Associate Editor, Culture, for the Guardian. Over a twenty-five year career with the paper she has been a theatre critic, Arts Editor, Literary Editor and most recently Head of Books. She presents the Guardian books podcast and is a regular cultural commentator on radio, and at live events across the UK and internationally. She has interviewed and been in conversation many notable authors, among them Michael Morpurgo, Eimear McBride, Julian Barnes and Pat Barker.