Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder.įinally, she’s found some stability and peace.īut when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf.
Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. You can follow the process of its creation in her blog at anna .uk.From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder.Ĭatching a killer is dangerous-especially if he lives next door.
She is currently working on a novel called Switch, a psychological thriller. She has also created a free academic writing app for students called Alex.Īnna lives in Durham and holds a doctorate in Creative Writing from the University of Huddersfield. It is this extensive experience in varying forms of communication and her experience as a published author that feeds into her work with the Royal Literary Fund, teaching academic writing skills and mentoring students, both 1-1 and through workshops and writing retreats. She has also contributed to Writing Motherhood: a Creative Anthology on Motherhood and Writing edited by Carolyn Jess Cooke and the Book Lovers’ Appreciation Society, a collection of short stories by various authors.īefore she embarked on her publishing career, Anna worked as a journalist, in public relations and as a copywriter. Much of this novel, which was shortlisted for a Good Housekeeping Good Read award, drew upon the themes Anna had begun to explore in the first book: love, sexuality, memory, trauma, obsession and betrayal. Her second novel Before I Knew Him (Arrow, 2009) was also inspired by landscape, particularly the coast of Northumberland. It was inspired by the real floating island on Derwentwater in the Lake District and tells the story of Matt, a 15-year-old boy, who rows out to the island with his younger brother to plant a flag with disastrous consequences. Her first novel The Floating Island (Arrow, 2008) won a Betty Trask best debut award from the Society of Authors. Dr Anna Ralph (Barker) is an award-winning novelist and journalist.
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