Kat Gordon read English at Somerville College, Oxford and worked at Time Out briefly after graduating. She has travelled extensively in East Africa where she also worked as a teacher and an HIV counsellor. She received a distinction for her MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway and her debut,The Artifical Anatomy of Parks, was published in 2015. Kat has lived in Budapest and Reykjavik and is currently settled in London with her partner and young son.

‘A rich reimagining of a colonial Eden in which multitudes of serpents lurked’ Sunday Times‘Kat Gordon has written a gloriously dark tale, packed with heat and glamour, and shot through with a fine, sharp edge. An absolutely compulsive read from beginning to end’ – LIZA KLAUSSMANN, author of Tigers in Red Weather‘An evocative coming-of-age tale … Just the thing to read while sipping a cocktail or two’ i newsaper‘Equally at home evoking the landscapes of east Africa and those of the flawed, capricious human heart … a seductive, troubling journey into Britain’s colonial past’ – ANNA HOPE, author of Wake and The Ballroom‘An outstanding achievement. This thrilling, evocative novel will transport and absorb you: brilliant’ – EMMA CHAPMAN, author of The Last Photograph

Kat Gordon read English at Somerville College, Oxford and worked at Time Out briefly after graduating. She has travelled extensively in East Africa where she also worked as a teacher and an HIV counsellor. She received a distinction for her MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway and her debut,The Artifical Anatomy of Parks, was published in 2015. Kat has lived in Budapest and Reykjavik and is currently settled in London with her partner and young son.

‘A rich reimagining of a colonial Eden in which multitudes of serpents lurked’ Sunday Times‘Kat Gordon has written a gloriously dark tale, packed with heat and glamour, and shot through with a fine, sharp edge. An absolutely compulsive read from beginning to end’ – LIZA KLAUSSMANN, author of Tigers in Red Weather‘An evocative coming-of-age tale … Just the thing to read while sipping a cocktail or two’ i newsaper‘Equally at home evoking the landscapes of east Africa and those of the flawed, capricious human heart … a seductive, troubling journey into Britain’s colonial past’ – ANNA HOPE, author of Wake and The Ballroom‘An outstanding achievement. This thrilling, evocative novel will transport and absorb you: brilliant’ – EMMA CHAPMAN, author of The Last Photograph

Kat Gordon read English at Somerville College, Oxford and worked at Time Out briefly after graduating. She has travelled extensively in East Africa where she also worked as a teacher and an HIV counsellor. She received a distinction for her MA in creative writing from Royal Holloway and her debut,The Artifical Anatomy of Parks, was published in 2015. Kat has lived in Budapest and Reykjavik and is currently settled in London with her partner and young son.

‘A rich reimagining of a colonial Eden in which multitudes of serpents lurked’ Sunday Times‘Kat Gordon has written a gloriously dark tale, packed with heat and glamour, and shot through with a fine, sharp edge. An absolutely compulsive read from beginning to end’ – LIZA KLAUSSMANN, author of Tigers in Red Weather‘An evocative coming-of-age tale … Just the thing to read while sipping a cocktail or two’ i newsaper‘Equally at home evoking the landscapes of east Africa and those of the flawed, capricious human heart … a seductive, troubling journey into Britain’s colonial past’ – ANNA HOPE, author of Wake and The Ballroom‘An outstanding achievement. This thrilling, evocative novel will transport and absorb you: brilliant’ – EMMA CHAPMAN, author of The Last Photograph