This is me, at a book signing at the 2018 FT Weekend Festival in the UK. I was there to sign copies of a book I didn’t write. My name doesn’t appear anywhere in the book, but I promise that I was involved; Commissioning Editor, perhaps. Only one person requested a signed copy, and I think I messed it up.
Next to me is a real writer, Julian Barnes, who’s a bit of a hero of mine. I tried striking up a conversation with “I’m a Volcanologist”, but it was quickly stomped on by his PA, who may have been under instructions to step in if anyone bothered him.