Katie Kitamura

Katie Kitamura is a writer based in London and New York. She was educated at Princeton University (A.B.) and University of London (MRes, PhD). She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the London Consortium. She has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times and The Guardian. Her first book, a memoir called Japanese for Travellers, was published in the UK (Hamish Hamilton) in 2006. She served as Creative Consultant on The Pervert's Guide To Cinema (2006), a three-part documentary series commissioned by Channel 4 Television and featuring philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek. She is currently producing a follow-up film, The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology.