Lucy Barker was the runner-up for the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize with an early partial draft of The Other Side of Mrs. Wood. She holds an MA in Victorian Studies from Birkbeck College and has a passion for uncovering the real lives of women from this period. Always a dreamer, Lucy has written stories her whole life, and is a Curtis Brown Creative and Novelry alumni. Born in Sussex, she lives in rural Hampshire with her husband, two young children and dog.
