Richard Aronowitz was born in 1970 and grew up in rural Gloucestershire. He studied at the universities of Durham, Heidelberg and London and now works at Sotheby's. His debut novel, Five Amber Beads, was published by Flambard in 2006 and his second novel, It's Just the Beating of My Heart, was published in March 2010.
His poems have appeared in The Guardian and The Independent, and are anthologised in Anvil New Poets 3. He is married and lives in Cambridge.