A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

"A stunning read" Daily Mail "Day confirms, if confirmation were needed, that Kennedy is a singular, superlative author. I hope that the judges of this year's Man Booker prize pay particular attention to it" -- Stuart Kelly Scotland on Sunday "Kennedy does bleak the way the Russians do epic; unremittingly, awesomely and undershot with redeeming humour" -- Gillian Bowditch Sunday Times "Once again, Kennedy brilliantly interweaves over-wrought internal dialogue with external outrageous acts. The unfolding tenderness of nature and of amity blend superbly with the casualness of daily horror" -- Catherine Taylor Independent on Sunday "Day is more than a novel, it is an investigations into the difficulties of being alive" -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times