About

ABOUT EMILY

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne, Emily’s latest novel, longlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger, reviewed in Good Housekeeping magazine, The Daily Mail, and selected as Heat magazine’s book of the week, is out now.

One Puzzling Afternoon was an Indie Book of the Month and named a must-read by People magazine.

Notes on My Family, Emily’s debut YA/crossover novel, was longlisted 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.

Emily is also the author of The Tiny Gestures of Small Flowers and a book for children (9-12s) The Bear Who Sailed the Ocean on an Iceberg. 

Emily studied at London Metropolitan University where she won the 2014 Sandra Ashman prize for Creative Writing. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London.

Emily was born in Essex and has lived in Brighton and London. She currently lives in Hertfordshire.