Associate member Elizabeth is one of the writers featured in the Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists in 2024. Her novel ‘Whale Fall’ was subject of a bidding war and comes out in April from Picador.

From the article: ‘Set… in an isolated island community off the coast of Wales, on the eve of the second world war, it’s an exquisite, evocative coming-of-age story that takes place in a world on the cusp of great change. The arrival of two anthropologists from the mainland to research a book on the island’s customs throws the inhabitants into disarray and gives the young protagonist, Manod, an opportunity to imagine a new life.’

Read more here. The ten novelists are pictured below. Elizabeth is third from the left.