Mitchell Symons

Mitchell Symons, author of the highly successful That
Book . . . Of Perfectly Useless Information was born in
London and educated at the London School of Economics (the
alma mater of JFK and Mick Jagger), where he studied law.
Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a
director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster, and
journalist. He lives on the southern coast of England with
his wife and sons and any number of their pet animals. For
more from Mitch, check out his next book, Why Girls Can’t
Throw . . . And Other Questions You Always Wanted Answered.