Let's make this birthday one to remember.

53 years old (Born on September 28, 1971)

Happy Birthday, Emily! May your day be filled with more joy than Socrates had questions and fewer tragedies than Sophocles could dream up. Your brilliant insights in "Mocked with Death" and "The Death of Socrates" have made even ancient philosophers chuckle from beyond the grave—no small feat!

From enlightening readers at The London Review of Books to dazzling minds through The Times Literary Supplement, you've proven that classics can indeed be timelessly entertaining. Here's hoping this year brings you plenty of literary triumphs, minimal chatterboxes (unless they're amusing), and absolutely no villainous interruptions.

Cheers to another epic chapter ahead!