Helen Cross was born in 1967 and brought up in East Yorkshire. She is the author of the critically acclaimed My Summer of Love (also published by Bloomsbury) which won a Betty Trask Prize. Helen Cross currently lives in Birmingham.

'There's a timeless feel to this tale of loneliness, greed and beauty. Cross writes as beautifully as you'd expect' Daily Mail 'Dark and dramatic - a fab read' Company 'Cross's strengths are a compelling stylistic immediacy and an ability to imbue the everyday world with sensuality and strangeness ... it has the raw energy and flashes of brilliance that show Helen Cross to be a writer to watch' Sunday Telegraph 'If you enjoyed My Summer of Love you'll love her second, a spellbinding meditation on celebrity and glamour' Red