'I waited for years in despair for the voice of the next generation to emerge and feared the worst - but she's here, and what a stupendous arrival... heart-wrenching, cheeky, profound and at the same time utterly stylish... an immense achievement.' Ewan Morrison, author of 'Close Your Eyes' 'This is the best thing I've read in years. Brutally honest and exquisitely crafted, this is a book that breaks your heart, slowly rebuilds it, only to smash it to pieces again. I'm seething with envy.' Doug Johnstone, author of 'Gone Again'

Anneliese Mackintosh is a graduate of the University of Nottingham and has a Masters degree from the renowned Edwin Morgan Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. In 2012 she was shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize and her fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland, published in UK magazines Edinburgh Review, Gutter, and From Glasgow to Saturn, and US magazines Zygote in my Coffee, Citizens For Decent Literature, and Up The Staircase Quarterly. Anneliese was co-founder of Words Per Minute, the leading Scottish literary club night, and is an Associate Editor of indie publisher Cargo. She lives in Manchester.