Born and brought up in the UK, Nicholas Guyatt spent seven years in the United States - first as a PhD student at Princeton and then as a lecturer in Princeton's Department of History - prior to teaching American History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. His book on US foreign policy, Another American Century, was published by Zed Books in 2000, and he is a regular reviewer for the London Review of Books. He divides his time between Canada and London.
Guyatt, with a twinkle in his pen, an open mind and a determination to give Rapture believers a fair hearing, has produced a provocative book * Daily Mail * Arresting and entertaining * Sunday Telegraph * Funny and frightening investigation * Scotland on Sunday * A wonderfully readable survey * The Tablet * Wise and funny * Catholic Herald * strangely gripping...frightening stuff * Sunday Express *