Mrs S

K Patrick is a writer based in Scotland. In 2023, they were named an Observer Best Debut Novelist and were selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. They were runner up for the Ivan Juritz Prize and the Laura Kinsella Fellowship and were shortlisted for The White Review Short Story Prize. Their poetry has appeared in Poetry Review and Five Dials, and was shortlisted for The White Review Poet’s Prize in 2021. Mrs S is their debut novel.

‘A striking queer romance in which lust yields subtle revelations about sexual power and selfhood’ Guardian‘Brilliant and sexy… should be on everyone’s summer reading list’ iNews‘There’s nothing else like it out there’ The Times‘Bold and beautiful… Desire crackles through these pages like fire’ Telegraph‘Compulsively readable, subtle, beautiful, brilliant on gender and queerness’ Observer‘Entirely captivating… Patrick’s staccato sentences… [become] a secondary language for butchness, powerful and confident’ New York Times‘[A] subtle, scintillating novel’ TLS‘A highly charged tale of desire and obsession’ Marie Claire‘Bold, uncompromising… Remarkable’ Daily Express'So seductively and intelligently observed that its pulse continues long after the final page’ Sarah Winman, author of Still Life‘A languorous slow-burn and a moving reflection on queerness’ Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea‘Moody, generous and brilliant’ Jessie Burton, author of The House of Fortune‘Tense, taut and exhilarating’ Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually‘Crisp and beautiful’ Amy Key, author of Arrangements in Blue‘Hot!’ Joanna Walsh, author of Vertigo‘Astonishing’ Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl‘Taut with anticipation’ Lillian Fishman, author of Acts of Service‘Wildly sexy, brave … An erotic classic through a bold modern lens’ Charlotte Mendelson, author of Wife'Scorching … One of our favourite reads' Time Out‘Embraces and then toys with our expectation of the lesbian romance’ London Review of Books