Paul Kingsnorth (born 1972 in Worcester) is an English writer and thinker. He lives in the west of Ireland. He is a former deputy-editor of The Ecologist and a co-founder of the Dark Mountain Project.

Kingsnorth's non fiction writing tends to address macro themes like environmentalism, globalisation, and the challenges posed to humanity by civilisation level trends. His fiction tends to be mythological and multi-layered. He was named one of Britain's "top ten troublemakers" in 2001 by the New Statesman , and described as a writing talent comparable to Robert Graves by the publisher Faber and Faber.

Biography

Kingsnorth spent his childhood in southern England with two younger brothers (one went on to work with Friends of the Earth, the other for Citibank). His father was a passionate Thatcherite, a businessman, and a mechanical engineer. Kingsnorth describes his father's backgr…Read more on Wikipedia