J. David SimonsAuthor Biography David Simons is a Scottish-born author whose novels include The Credit Draper (2008), The Liberation of Celia Kahn (2011), An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful (2013), The Land Agent (2014), A Woman of Integrity (2017) and most recently The Responsibility of Love (September 2021). He was short-listed for The McKitterick…

7 November Q & A with Jane Finigan and Claire Fuller

Jane Finigan is a partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency. Her list is a small but perfectly formed and spans an eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction. As well as Claire Fuller she represents critically acclaimed and award winning novelists including Lisa Owens, Ned Beauman, Sarah Haywood and bestselling non-fiction writers including Meera Sodha,…

Claire Fuller

Claire Fuller Biography Claire Fuller didn’t start writing fiction until she was 40. Her first novel, Our Endless Numbered Days won the 2015 Desmond Elliott Prize, her second, Swimming Lessons was shortlisted for the Encore prize, and her third, Bitter Orange is long listed for the International Dublin Literary Award. Claire also writes flash fiction…

Author and Writing Tutor

Photo Credit: JP MASCLET Emma Darwin Biography Emma’s memoir, This is Not a Book About Charles Darwin, was published in 2019; the Daily Mail described her account of three disastrous years trying to write an historical novel rooted in her family as ‘a fascinating journey…a masterclass’. Her debut novel, The Mathematics of Love, is probably…