Simon May was born in London, the son of a violinist and a brush manufacturer. Visiting professor of philosophy at King’s College London, his books include Love: A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion; Love: A History; Nietzsche’s Ethics and his War on ‘Morality’; The Power of Cute; How to Be a Refugee; Jump! A New Philosophy for Conquering Procrastination, and Thinking Aloud, a collection of his own aphorisms. His work has been translated into eleven languages and regularly features in major newspapers worldwide.