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.