Peter Boxall is a British academic and writer, serving as Professor of English at the University of Sussex. His research focuses on contemporary literature, literary theory, and literary modernism. He is the editor of Textual Practice, a leading journal of literary theory, and has contributed significantly to literary scholarship through works such as 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die and The Oxford History of the Novel, Volume 7: British and Irish Fiction Since 1940. His books, including Twenty-First-Century Fiction (2013) and The Value of the Novel (2015), explore the evolution and significance of the novel in modern culture. In 2024, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), recognizing his contributions to the humanities and social sciences.