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Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. She is the author of Oligarchy, The Seed Collectors, PopCo, and The End of Mr. Y. Her previous novels, including The End of Mr. Y, PopCo, and The Seed Collectors, have developed a cult following and sold more than half a million books worldwide. Her work has been translated into twenty-five languages. Scarlett is a professor of creative writing and contemporary fiction at the University of Kent in the U.K.
What, really, is a trophy? Scarlett Thomas' is covered in spikes, and may also be radioactive, but she plunks it down defiantly in this addictive memoir. A bracing statement on athleticism as continual work in progress, the limits of bodies, and the go-for-broke ambition to be exceptional. --Vikki Warner, author of Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady
