Granta 100 will be edited by William Boyd and will include pieces by: Martin Amis Julian Barnes Bill Buford AM Homes Ian Jack Mario Vargas Llosa Nicholas Shakespeare Ian McEwan Doris Lessing Helen Simpson Jayne Anne Phillips About William Boyd (editor) William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra in Ghana. His novels include The Armadillo, Blue Afternoon, An Ice-cream War. His most recent publication was Restless (published by Bloomsbury). He was one of Grantas Best of Young British Novelists in 1983. He has also published a short-story collection, Fascination.