Theodore Dalrymple was born in London in 1949. He is a retired doctor and psychiatrist who worked in several part of the world and for the last part of his career in a prison, where he developed an interest in crime and criminals. He is a regular contributor to the City Journal of New York and the Oldie in London. He wrote regularly for the British Medial Journal and the Spectator. His best-known book is Life at the Bottom. He has published Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality and Romancing Opiates with Encounter.