Daniel Tammet

Daniel Tammet is an English essayist, novelist, poet, translator, and autistic savant. He competed at the World Memory Championships twice and has published books in over 20 languages. Tammet created the e-learning company Optimnem and is a prolific author of both fiction and nonfiction: “Born on a Blue Day,” “Embracing the Wide Sky,” “Thinking in Numbers,” “Every Word Is a Bird We Teach To Sing,” “Mishenka,” and “Portraits.”