Philip Hoare is the author of seven works of non-fiction, including Leviathan Or, The Whale, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize for 2009. His latest book, The Sea Inside, is published by Fourth Estate, and is a personal journey through human and natural history from Southampton and the Isle of Wight, via the Azores and Sri Lanka, to Tasmania and New Zealand. He wrote and presented the BBC 2 film, The Hunt for Moby-Dick, and directed three short films for BBC 4, Philip Hoare’s Guide to Whales. Philip is professor of creative writing at the University of Southampton, and co-curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read, a free online version of Herman Melville’s book featuring Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Waters, Simon Callow, Fiona Shaw, Mary Oliver and Sir David Attenborough. He also volunteers for the Dolphin Whalewatch in Cape Cod, where friends accuse him of spending more time with whales than with human beings.
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Hoare, Philip
