Anne Berry was born in London in 1956, then spent much of her infancy in Aden, before moving on to Hong Kong at the age of six, where she was educated. She worked for a short period as a journalist for the South China Morning Post, before returning to Britain. After completing a three-year acting course, she embarked on a career in theatre, playing everything from pantomime to Shakespeare.She now lives in Surrey with her husband and four children. ‘The Hungry Ghosts’ is her first novel.

' [A] stunning debut. A schoolgirl in Hong Kong is haunted by the ghost of a murdered Chinese girl in this story of broken family, and its hidden secrets and lies' Woman & Home‘As heart-rending as it is innovative, The Hungry Ghosts heralds Berry as an original new voice in fiction’ Time Out‘This is a novel as breezy as the best summer reads, yet secrets and deadly jealousy seethe at its core…engrossing’ Daily Mail‘A stunning debut…Epic in scope and voice…so skilfully crafted, and the writing so elegant, it’s hard to believe it is a first novel’ Globe and Mail'[A] brilliant, brittle portrayal of colonial Hong Kong and vividly cruel series of first-person narratives’ Psychologies'The vivid, sensory depictions of Hong Kong circa 1970 ignite this almost unrelentingly sad story, and Berry’s easy way of switching between different narrative voices from chapter to chapter is impressive' The List

Anne Berry was born in London in 1956, then spent much of her infancy in Aden, before moving on to Hong Kong at the age of six, where she was educated. She worked for a short period as a journalist for the South China Morning Post, before returning to Britain. After completing a three-year acting course, she embarked on a career in theatre, playing everything from pantomime to Shakespeare.She now lives in Surrey with her husband and four children. ‘The Hungry Ghosts’ is her first novel.

' [A] stunning debut. A schoolgirl in Hong Kong is haunted by the ghost of a murdered Chinese girl in this story of broken family, and its hidden secrets and lies' Woman & Home‘As heart-rending as it is innovative, The Hungry Ghosts heralds Berry as an original new voice in fiction’ Time Out‘This is a novel as breezy as the best summer reads, yet secrets and deadly jealousy seethe at its core…engrossing’ Daily Mail‘A stunning debut…Epic in scope and voice…so skilfully crafted, and the writing so elegant, it’s hard to believe it is a first novel’ Globe and Mail'[A] brilliant, brittle portrayal of colonial Hong Kong and vividly cruel series of first-person narratives’ Psychologies'The vivid, sensory depictions of Hong Kong circa 1970 ignite this almost unrelentingly sad story, and Berry’s easy way of switching between different narrative voices from chapter to chapter is impressive' The List