Born in London to a runaway teenager, Rosie has always been a cuckoo in the nest. She is an eclectic writer and performer, ranging from singing in Goth band The March Violets through touring with the Subversive Stitch exhibition in the 90s, to her current incarnation as Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen, cabaret chanteuse, incomparable compere and electrifying poet. She has published five solo collections of poetry and her award-winning short stories, poems and essays have been widely anthologized. The Palace of Curiosities is her debut novel.

Praise for Vixen:‘Poetic, surprising, sexy and ultimately deeply moving, Vixen will have you hooked… it will stay with you long after you’ve reached the final page’ DIVAPraise for The Palace of Curiosities:‘Garland’s lush prose is always a pleasure’ Guardian‘An alternately brutal and beautiful story about love and belonging in a vividly conveyed underworld, rich in carny phantasmagoria and lyrical romance’ Metro‘Bewitching’ Good Housekeeping‘A jewel-box of a novel … Garland is a real literary talent: definitely an author to watch’ Sarah Waters‘Reminds me of Angela Carter’ Jenni Murray