Maggie Gee is the author of thirteen acclaimed novels, which have been translated into more than fourteen languages, including The White Family (shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes), My Cleaner and a memoir, My Animal Life. She is a Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature and a Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Gee was awarded an OBE in 2012 for her services to literature.

'Stylish and intriguing. A charming, sparkling jewel of a novel to be cherished and held high as an antidote to modern day bleakness and climate despair.' Leila Aboulela; 'Superb. Mesmerising and deeply engrossing.' Irenosen Okojie;

Maggie Gee is the author of thirteen acclaimed novels, which have been translated into more than fourteen languages, including The White Family (shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes), My Cleaner and a memoir, My Animal Life. She is a Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature and a Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Gee was awarded an OBE in 2012 for her services to literature.

'Stylish and intriguing. A charming, sparkling jewel of a novel to be cherished and held high as an antidote to modern day bleakness and climate despair.' Leila Aboulela; 'Superb. Mesmerising and deeply engrossing.' Irenosen Okojie;

Maggie Gee is the author of thirteen acclaimed novels, which have been translated into more than fourteen languages, including The White Family (shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes), My Cleaner and a memoir, My Animal Life. She is a Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature and a Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Gee was awarded an OBE in 2012 for her services to literature.

'Stylish and intriguing. A charming, sparkling jewel of a novel to be cherished and held high as an antidote to modern day bleakness and climate despair.' Leila Aboulela; 'Superb. Mesmerising and deeply engrossing.' Irenosen Okojie;