ABOUT EMILY
One Puzzling Afternoon, out now in the UK, U.S. and Canada, was Indie Book of the Month and named as a must-read book of the fall by People Magazine.
Notes on My Family, Emily’s debut YA/crossover novel, was long-listed for the Branford Boase award, shortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award, nominated for the Carnegie medal and featured as The Sunday Times book of the week. The Tiny Gestures of Small Flowers was published in 2019. Emily has also written for children (9-12s): The Bear who sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg.
Emily grew up in Essex and has lived in Brighton and London, where she worked as a bookseller in one of London’s largest bookshops. She has a first class BA in Creative Writing from London Metropolitan University and an MA with distinction in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. She now lives in Hertfordshire. Alongside writing she manages a busy secondary school library where she runs a popular creative writing club.
