Fay Weldon was born in England and raised in New Zealand. She took degrees in Economics at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and after a decade of odd jobs and hard times began writing fiction. She is now well known as novelist, screenwriter and cultural journalist.

'Our most intelligent and hard-hitting feminist novelist today' Daily Mail 'Weldon is a gifted tease of a writer.' Sunday Times 'Prolific and provocative, Fay Weldon shines brightest in the league table of British women novelists.' Time Out