Alex Bellos

Writer, broadcaster, football lover and self-proclaimed maths geek, Alex Bellos’ colourful career includes writing several acclaimed books and making short films.

Alex has worked in journalism for a decade and a half. He lived in Rio de Janeiro for five years, working for The Guardian, where he became known as the paper’s unusually numerate foreign correspondent. His time in South America inspired his first book, Futebol: the Brazilian Way of Life. It was shortlisted for the WH Smith Sports Book of the Year, as well as the British Book Awards’ Sports Book of the Year (2004). Three years later, he ghost-wrote the number one bestseller, Pelé: The Autobiography. After a successful career in journalism Alex decided to put his degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford into action and returned to maths – resulting in Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, which was nominated for a Samuel Johnson Award.

In addition to his writing success, Alex has also made a number of short films for the BBC, More 4 and Al Jazeera.

“His enthusiasm is infectious.”
– The Independent

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