Virginia Baily holds a PhD and MA in English from the University of Exeter. She founded and co-edits Riptide, a short-story journal. She is also the co-editor of the political series of the Africa Research Bulletin. She lives in Exeter, Devon. Her novels include Early One Morning and The Fourth Shore. www.virginiabaily.com
Effortlessly enjoyable . . . an emotionally rewarding novel so succulent with detail that you can almost feel the Tripoli sand storms whipping across your face * Daily Mail * Fans of Victoria Hislop will love The Fourth Shore * Good Housekeeping * Wonderful . . . I was completely inside it from the first pages, just that delicious (rare) feeling of knowing you're in safe hands, this writer isn't going to make a mess of anything, or forfeit your trust or your belief. It managed to be so witty and dry and true . . . Vividly intelligent, gripping and moving and alive * Tessa Hadley, praise for Early One Morning * Heartbreaking . . . a powerful story of sacrifice, despair and ultimately redemption * Sunday Express, praise for Early One Morning * Baily subtly tugs at your heartstrings and by the end of her novel you're likely to be as desperate as the women in Daniele's life to discover his fate * Daily Express, praise for Early One Morning * A real treat: a beautifully written account of the long consequences of war, set in a richly evoked Roman of the 1970s * Philip Hensher, Observer, praise for Early One Morning * Incredibly sure-footed, a big, generous and absorbing piece of storytelling, fearless, witty and full of flair . . .Even as it forces its characters to lose so much, it asserts itself against those losses with vehemence and hope * Samantha Harvey, Guardian, praise for Early One Morning * A moving assertion of the power of maternal love to overcome unimaginable obstacles * Sunday Times, praise for Early One Morning * As gripping as any thriller . . . crammed with the sort of heart-stopping, heart-breaking scenes that brought a lump to the throat of even this jaded reviewer. Really, really good * Daily Mail, praise for Early One Morning *