Author of five novels, Bobbie Darbyshire won the 2008 fiction prize at the National Academy of Writing and the New Delta Review Creative Nonfiction Prize 2010. She has worked as a barmaid, mushroom picker, film extra, maths coach, cabinet minister’s private secretary, care assistant, adult literacy teacher, and in social research and policy. Bobbie hosts a writing group and lives in London. Bobbie’s previous novels are: Truth Games, Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones, OZ, and The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker. You can find Bobbie on Facebook and Twitter @bobbiedar, or visit her Amazon author page.

Another gripping read from the author of Truth Games and Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones.“What a delight to find a novel that’s both a page-turner and a nuanced exploration of characters. The tensions and subtleties of relationships of marriage and parenting across the decades are explored with delicacy, yet the storytelling never falters, as a constantly-evolving plot keeps you hooked until the last page.” Sarah Rayner, author of One Moment, One Morning“Oz touches on a tough and important subject that doesn’t get enough coverage – the tremendous burden that children can be for those who don’t want them or who have them at the wrong times in their lives. This is a theme that really comes out and reaches a marvellous crescendo.”Chris Boyd, screenwriter “Swept me along with little to say but huge praise. I was riveted to every word.”Paul Lyons, author of The Eden Man