Naomi Foyle was born in London, grew up in Hong Kong, Liverpool and Canada, and currently lives in Brighton. She spent three years in Korea, teaching English, writing travel journalism and acting in Korean educational television. She is a highly regarded poet and performer. Astra is her second novel.
Foyle is effective at building tension and creating villainy all the more sinister for its well-meaning smile * SFX * Naomi Foyle is well placed to bring the little-known complexities of Korea's contemporary cultural scene to the foreground of her imaginative leap into our future * Mia Yun, author of House of the Winds * Impeccable plotting * Guardian *