Name Tim Kevan Role Writer | ||
 | ||
Books BabyBarista and the Art of War, Law and Disorder: Confessi, Why Lawyers Should S, Law and Peace: The BabyBari | ||
Education University of Cambridge | ||
Author and barrister tim kevan talks to animator alex williams
Tim Kevan is an English writer, blogger and barrister, responsible for the Baby Barista series of books published by Bloomsbury, and the Baby Barista blog, which for a time was hosted by The Guardian newspaper.
Contents
Biography
Tim Kevan was raised in Minehead, Somerset. Educated at Sedbergh School and then at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was the Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA), he practised as a barrister in London for about ten years, during which time he wrote or co-wrote ten law books. He makes regular appearances on television and radio broadcasts, and lives in Braunton in North Devon.
Kevan is responsible for the Baby Barista blog which, begun anonymously in 2007, was originally hosted by The Times. Kevan left The Times after a paywall was erected in May 2010 and the blog was subsequently hosted by The Guardian. He has also published series of books based on the Baby Barista character.
Reviews
The first Baby Barista book, Baby Barista and the Art of War, was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury in 2009. The book was fairly widely reviewed, most reviews being generally positive. On 6 August 2009 The Times described the book as being "...a cross between The Talented Mr Ripley, Rumpole and Bridget Jones's Diary...The plot burns up the pages and the characters that range within are all highly observed and coloured with Kevan's acerbic wit...Ultimately, the book is a gallop of a read. It is a clever legal romp, a comedy mixed with ruminations about life, liberally peppered with black humour and layered in farce."
A second Baby Barista book, titled Law and Peace, was published by Bloomsbury in May 2011.