Edward Hollis studied Architecture at Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and practised as an architect in Sri Lanka and Edinburgh. In 1999 he began lecturing at Napier University, Edinburgh and in 2004 he moved to Edinburgh College of Art, where he is Director of Research and Professor of Interior Design. His books include The Secret Lives of Buildings (2009), The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors (2013) and How to Make a Home (2016).