Will Self is an English writer and journalist from the United Kingdom, born in 1961. He is also known as William Self and works as a novelist, reviewer and columnist.

He is educated at University College School, Christ’s College Finchley, and Exeter College, Oxford. His fiction includes satirical, grotesque and fantastical novels and short stories, often set in apparently parallel universes. The name is also associated with the “Just a Minute” team.