Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction

The Abandoners: Of Mothers and Monsters

‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared … self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO

‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY

These Wicked Devices: Unabridged edition

THE HOLY CITY IS NO PLACE FOR MERCY

‘Matthew Plampin should rank with the best’ Sunday Times

‘Plampin is heartbreakingly good’ The Times

‘Gripping, immersive, at times very funny and beautifully written, this is historical fiction of the highest quality’ Elizabeth Fremantle

These Wicked Devices

THE HOLY CITY IS NO PLACE FOR MERCY

‘Matthew Plampin should rank with the best’ Sunday Times

‘Plampin is heartbreakingly good’ The Times

‘Gripping, immersive, at times very funny and beautifully written, this is historical fiction of the highest quality’ Elizabeth Fremantle

The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on my Father's Islands

‘Fascinating’ Observer

‘Engrossing’ i News

‘Elegant’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Profound and poignant’ Sunday Post

‘Remarkable and complex’ George McGavin

A memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the Shetland Islands by environmental journalist Marianne Brown.

The Abandoners: Of Mothers and Monsters: Unabridged edition

‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared . . . self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO

‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY

The Abandoners: Of Mothers and Monsters

‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared … self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO

‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY

The Abandoners: Of Mothers and Monsters

‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared … self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO

‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY

Will You Read This, Please?

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS

‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR

Night Wherever We Go

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023

‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS

‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS

’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG

Two Sisters

‘Tender, vivid and achingly sad’ GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEAR

TWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison’s ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father? which forged the way for a new genre of confessional memoir.

black girl, no magic: reflections on race and respectability

‘This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation’ Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

‘Witty, fresh and full of life’ Liv Little

‘I can’t recommend more highly… it’s one of those books that I just want to press in the hands of everybody’ Damian Barr, Literary Salon Podcast

Edith and Kim

One of ‘the heirs to John le Carré’ The Times

‘A tremendous achievement’ WILLIAM BOYD

‘Behold the new Golden Age of Spy Kings’ Sunday Times

Will You Read This, Please?

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS

‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR

Will You Read This, Please?

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS

‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR

Night Wherever We Go: Unabridged edition

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2023

‘A hugely impressive debut’ SARAH WATERS

‘[A] haunting and moving story’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘A powerful and inspired achievement. This one is not to be missed’ NATHAN HARRIS

’A haunting, powerful and utterly unforgettable read’ RACHEL HENG

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