Iain Sinclair was born in 1943 in Cardiff. He is a writer, poet, film maker, editor and playwright and lives in London. Sinclair attended Cheltenham College, London School of Film Technique, Brixton, London, Trinity College, Dublin and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. He published his early work, mainly poetry, through the Albion Village Press which he founded. His first novel, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings, 1987, won him critical acclaim and a wide audience. Other novels include Downriver, 1991 (which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 1992 Encore Award) andRadon's Daughters, 1994. His more recent projects include London Orbital (A Walk around the M25): a book and a television film in 2002 and Edge of the Orison, a psychogeographical reconstruction of a walk by poet John Clare.
Iain has contributed written pieces to projects including House alongside thie inclusion of several of his books in the Octagonal Libary as part of A Room for London.