Valerie Martin is the author of eleven novels, including I Give It To You, Italian Fever and Property, which won the Women's Prize for Fiction. She has also written three collections of short fiction and Salvation, a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi. She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize for Mary Reilly.
I adore Valerie Martin, and Mrs Gulliver is no exception. Pure elegance, subtlety and wit. A triumph of a novel -- Francesca Segal, author of Mother Ship Irresistible - a funny, sexy romp that's also smart, even wise * Kirkus starred review * Praise for Valerie Martin -- : Martin's writing is a reward in itself, a wonderful precision-tool. She uses it to chisel at the human condition - and the effect is astonishing * Financial Times * Valerie Martin is a fleet-footed writer; you never quite know where she'll go next * Observer * Martin writes with amplitude, precision, grace and wit -- Margaret Atwood