Louisa Reid has lived in Cambridge, London and Zurich, and now lives near Manchester. She graduated with a degree in English from Oxford before training as an English teacher at Cambridge University and she continues to work as a teacher. Louisa is the author of four novels for young adults; Black Heart Blue and Gloves Off were both nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
This is the book I have always needed, it is F*****G BRILLIANT and everyone should read it. * Nikita Gill * A beautiful, biting page-turner... is it any different for young women, these days? Reid's novel provides -- as the best fiction does -- a nuanced, thought provoking answer to this question. * Irish Times * Brisk, disturbing and very satisfying * Daily Mail * Written in verse and wildly original, this passionate tale of coercive control and female solidarity is nothing short of a work of art. * Zoella * We've never read anything quite like this before... the poetry sings so beautifully... you'll be completely submerged' * Cosmopolitan *