Elizabeth Macneal was born in Edinburgh and now lives in East London. She is a writer and potter and works from a small studio at the bottom of her garden. She read English Literature at Oxford University before working in the City for several years. In 2017, she completed the Creative Writing MA at UEA where she was awarded the Malcolm Bradbury Scholarship. The Doll Factory, Elizabeth’s debut novel, won the Caledonia Novel Award 2018 and is a massive Sunday Times number one bestseller.