is a writer. She's also a firm believer in the positive power of prison libraries, a creative writing teacher and the Managing Editor of The Forge Literary Magazine. She's winner of a Waterstones' Bursary and her novel in perpetual progress was runner-up in Faber's Not Yet Published competition. Her fiction has been published in dozens of journals including 3 AM, PANK, Frigg, Neon & wigleaf.
I’m not writing a review of this. I’m not going to analyse or quote. This novel was such a treat: Absorbing, beautifully written, huge, well paced, a page turner, a triumph, a joy. And currently it’s half price at Waterstones. £10! A bargain, and the perfect Christmas present for anyone.
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