Tom Cutler
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| Born | Thomas Andrew Cutler November 26, 1959 Cardiff, Wales |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 💼 Occupation | Author |
| 📆 Years active | 2003 to present |
| Notable work | Keep Clear: my adventures with Asperger's |
| 🌐 Website | https://tomcutlerauthor.com/ |
Tom Cutler is a British author specializing in non-fiction humor and popular science. He began writing in 2003, after a career in publishing. His first book, Speak Well English: An Guide for Aliens to Successful Intercourse in the Correctly English Mode, was published in 2004 under the pen name Tomas Santos. This was followed by 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do (2006), and 211 Things a Bright Girl Can Do (2007), under the pseudonym Bunty Cutler. Other works include The Gentleman’s Bedside Book (2010), Found in Translation: A Extremely Guide to Speak Correctly English (2010), again as Tomas Santos, The Gentleman’s Instant Genius Guide (2011), Slap and Tickle: The Unusual History of Sex and the People Who Have It (2012), and The Pilot Who Wore a Dress: And Other Dastardly Lateral Thinking Mysteries (2015).
In 2016 Cutler was formally diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition (Asperger’s syndrome), about which he has written and spoken. His memoir Keep Clear: my Adventures with Asperger’s was published in 2019.
Early life and education
Tom Cutler was born in 1959 in Cardiff, Wales. His parents were schoolteachers. His father, having been a Dominican friar, Cutler was schooled first by Catholic nuns, and then in a State comprehensive school. In 1975 he spent a season at the National Youth Theatre, under Michael Croft. He received a BA degree in Fine Art from the University of Reading in 1982. He then studied at the National Catholic Radio and Television Centre, receiving a diploma in radio and television production.
Career
After a series of professional false starts Cutler spent much of his career in book and magazine publishing, leaving in 2003 to write his first book. He has written for various newspapers and journals including The Guardian [1], MailOnline [2], HuffPost [3], The Bookseller [4] and The Sydney Morning Herald [5]. Between 2013 and 2017 he wrote a regular column for The Chap magazine.
Cutler is a Sherlock Holmes aficionado and has written in support of Professor Uta Frith’s suggestion that Holmes behaves like a person with Asperger’s syndrome.
Personal life
Tom Cutler lives in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. He is a practicing magician and a member of the Magic Circle. He has written for their magazine The Magic Circular. He is also a committee member of the Handlebar Club, and edits Graspable Extremities, the club’s in-house journal.
References
- ↑ "Mum was a sex therapist". The Guardian. 19 October 2012.
- ↑ "The girl's guide to life - a new book to reveal all".
- ↑ "Tom Cutler | HuffPost".
- ↑ "Tom Cutler | the Bookseller".
- ↑ "'Why are you never at ease?': My life with Asperger's". 22 August 2019.
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