Jay Rayner was born in 1966 and grew up in London, England, where he lives today with his wife and son. His career in journalism includes incarnations as a gossip columnist, restaurant critic, investigative reporter and contributing editor to British Cosmopolitan.
Rayner has written two novels and a film script and has been a regular broadcaster for the BBC. His novel Day of Atonement was shortlisted for the 1999 Jewish Quarterly Novel of the Year Award.
