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My first novel, We All Ran Into the Sunlight, was published by Short Books in 2011 while I was working as the Arts editor for Prospect magazine. Before that I was a journalist with The Times. My second novel, Season to Taste or How To Eat Your Husband, was published by Tinder Press in the UK in 2014 and by Little Brown in the US and was translated into several languages. I toured with the book in the UK and in New York and took part in the Edinburgh and Cheltenham Literary Festivals. Season to Taste is now being adapted for film. Since then I have worked as a literary consultant, editor and mentor. I collaborate with the publishing house Bloomsbury through the Writers & Artists website, and was also the facilitator for the SO:WRITE Women Writers group with Artful Scribe. I continue to explore new forms in my writing and have been the recipient of a grant from the Royal Literary Fund and two awards from Arts Council England. Most recently I received a Work in Progress award from the Society of Authors and the Authors Foundation for my third book, a novel in dialogue. I love the process of developing ideas with others and seeing their projects come to life. Working with writers across all genres, I am passionate about literary fiction and poetry.