Kester Brewin

Born into a Yorkshire vicarage, Kester Brewin has taught mathematics in South East London schools for over twenty years and writes regularly for the national education press. The author of a number of celebrated books of non-fiction, notably Mutiny - an exploration of the impact of pirate culture, and Getting High - a history of the human quest for flight, he has twice presented at the UK's premier TEDx event and spoken on his work across the US and Europe. An excerpt from Middle Class was...See more

Born into a Yorkshire vicarage, Kester Brewin has taught mathematics in South East London schools for over twenty years and writes regularly for the national education press. The author of a number of celebrated books of non-fiction, notably Mutiny - an exploration of the impact of pirate culture, and Getting High - a history of the human quest for flight, he has twice presented at the UK's premier TEDx event and spoken on his work across the US and Europe. An excerpt from Middle Class was shortlisted for The Bridport Prize in 2020, and his story The Rot was shortlisted for the Dinesh Prize for Short Fiction in 2022. He lives in London with his two teenage children. See less