Emily Slapper grew up in Northampton before studying Cinema and Photography at the University of Leeds.After graduating she moved to London to work in advertising whilst hoping to one day become a screenwriter. But wanting to write films turned into wanting to write books and so she started a Creative Writing MA at Royal Holloway.In her spare time she loves walking around South East London with her dog, Tina.

'Thought-provoking on childhood trauma, heartbreak and how a lack of self-worth can impact a life. Beautifully written.' Daily Mail'Strangely compelling — you’re plunged so deep into this pair’s forensically examined trials and tribulations, you can’t help but want to know if they make it.' The Times‘A beautiful and heartbreaking examination of the first big romantic relationships that define us, navigating love and lust and identity and heartbreak with deftness and gentle, wry humour’ Hattie Williams'Important and affecting' Charlotte Paradise'A tender, raw, and painfully relatable debut about two young people clinging to love in the hope it will make them whole' Woman's Own'Intimate and incisive, capturing the quiet heartbreaks, uncertainties and fragile hopes of growing up. She lays bare the messiness of early love with unflinching honesty and compassion. It Might Never Happen will stay with you long after the final page. Whatever you do, keep tissues close.' Woman's Weekly'Intimate and incisive, capturing the quiet heartbreaks, uncertainties and fragile hopes of growing up.' Woman

Emily Slapper grew up in Northampton before studying Cinema and Photography at the University of Leeds.After graduating she moved to London to work in advertising whilst hoping to one day become a screenwriter. But wanting to write films turned into wanting to write books and so she started a Creative Writing MA at Royal Holloway.In her spare time she loves walking around South East London with her dog, Tina.

'Thought-provoking on childhood trauma, heartbreak and how a lack of self-worth can impact a life. Beautifully written.' Daily Mail'Strangely compelling — you’re plunged so deep into this pair’s forensically examined trials and tribulations, you can’t help but want to know if they make it.' The Times‘A beautiful and heartbreaking examination of the first big romantic relationships that define us, navigating love and lust and identity and heartbreak with deftness and gentle, wry humour’ Hattie Williams'Important and affecting' Charlotte Paradise'A tender, raw, and painfully relatable debut about two young people clinging to love in the hope it will make them whole' Woman's Own'Intimate and incisive, capturing the quiet heartbreaks, uncertainties and fragile hopes of growing up. She lays bare the messiness of early love with unflinching honesty and compassion. It Might Never Happen will stay with you long after the final page. Whatever you do, keep tissues close.' Woman's Weekly'Intimate and incisive, capturing the quiet heartbreaks, uncertainties and fragile hopes of growing up.' Woman