The best-selling English author Daniel Tammet is considered one of the world’s most famous autistic savants and famously holds both the British and European record for reciting the mathematical constant Pi (3.141…) from memory to 22,514 decimal places in 5 hours, 9 minutes.
With the ability to calculate extraordinary sums and learn a language in as little as a week, as a high-functioning autistic savant, Tammet has been studied extensively by researchers being described as ‘the Rosetta Stone of autism’. Beginning his writing career in 2005, Tammet went on to publish his first book Born On A Blue Day, A Memoir of Asperger’s and an Extraordinary Mind during 2006, in which he talks about his experiences growing up with autism. An instant hit, the book became both a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has since been translated into over 20 languages and has sold more than 500,00 copies worldwide.
Following the success of his debut book, Tammet has gone on to publish a collection of titles including Embracing the Wide Sky and two collections of essays Thinking in Numbers and Every Word is A Bird We Teach to Sing, amongst other works including poetry, translations and a short film.
A graduate of the Open University with a First Class Honours B.A. in the Humanities, Tammet has since been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2012. His fame as a truly unique individual has led to a host of media appearances on shows including The Richard & Judy Show and The Late Night Show with David Letterman. Tammet has also received a number of awards including The Sunday Times Top Choice of Books award for Born on A Blue Day.