Ian Merrill
Ian Merrill (born 4 April 1965) is a British author, journalist and artist. Ian Merrill started his career in publishing at Dorling Kindersley, Harper Collins, and "The Wall Street Journal" in Brussels. Returning to London, he became a full-time journalist writing freelance for "The Independent", "LA Weekly", "The Insider" and others. At the same time he co-authored an online satirical magazine called "Fabgirl" with Matthew Wakefield. In 2001, he moved to France with his wife and two children. His first book, "Coq & Bull - Going Mad in Normandy", was published in 2004. In 2007 he published the  psychological novel, "She Eats Souls". "Who Wants the World: Alternative Ambitions for the Disillusioned", was published in 2013 and described as the 'antithesis of the traditional self-help genre of positive affirmations'. Merrill claims there is a magic spell, or cosmic truth, buried within the text that is for the reader to investigate.