Christopher Beanland is the author of the novels The Wall in the Head and Spinning Out of Control, and is currently writing a third work of fiction. He has also written the non-fiction book Concrete Concept - Brutalist Buildings Around the World, and contributed to and edited other books about architecture. He is working on several new non-fiction titles. He writes about culture for various newspapers, magazines and broadcasters around the world including the Guardian, the Independent, the Telegraph, the BBC and Euronews.