Daisy Bates in the Desert

Julia Blackburn has written a number of books of non-fiction, fiction and poetry. The Three of Us won the J. R. Ackerley Award, Threads won the East Anglian Book of the Year Award and the New Angle Prize, Time Song was shortlisted for the Wainwright Book Prize, and Thin Paths was shortlisted for the Costa Prize for Biography. Her two novels, The Book of Colour and The Leper’s Companions, were both shortlisted for the Women’s Prize. She lives in Suffolk and Italy.

"She has extended the boundaries of biography with an exhilarating exercise in imaginative power and a brilliant piece of writing" -- Anne Chisholm Observer "The book is full of vivid, astonishing images" -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett The Times "Brilliant... enchanting" -- Jan Morris Independent