Vybarr Cregan-Reid
Professor Vybarr Cregan-Reid is an award-winning teacher, writer and academic. He is a Professor of Creative Non-Fiction at York St John University, where he also runs Creative Writing, Media & Film. Previously, he worked for the University of Kent in the School of English and the Medical School.
Biography
Author of the FT and Daily Mail Best Science Book of 2018.
Professor Vybarr Cregan-Reid is an award-winning teacher, writer and academic. He is a Professor of Creative Non-Fiction at York St John University, where he also runs Creative Writing, Media & Film. Previously, he worked for the University of Kent in the School of English and the Medical School.
He is the author of FOOTNOTES: HOW RUNNING MADE US HUMAN, published by Penguin Random House in 2015 to great critical acclaim. His most recent book PRIMATE CHANGE: HOW THE WORLD IS REMAKING US (Cassell) looks at what modern life is doing to the inside and the outside of our bodies.
He is a popular speaker at festivals and events on the topics of running, freedom, philosophy and what it means to be human. He lives in York where he likes rowing, buying records and being outside. His next book is to be published by Biteback in 2024.
Listen to Vybarr Cregan-Reid on BBC's Open Book talking about the literature of running here. Or his series for the BBC World Service here.
Books
Vybarr’s latest book will be published by Biteback in 2024.
