Emma Darwin

Emma Darwin is a novelist and short story writer. She was born in London and brought up there, with interludes in Manhattan and Brussels. After an education which involved a lot of history, a lot of reading and a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts, she worked academic publishing for a while.

Despite being diverted into a photographic darkroom for a few years she wrote her way towards becoming a full-time writer, acquiring an MPhil in Writing along the way, enough novels in manuscript to prop up several table legs, and a couple of prizes for her short stories. She's never quite given up scratching the academic itch either, and is working for a PhD in Creative Writing at the moment. Her first novel The Mathematics of Love was published in 2006, and has also been shortlisted for various prizes, and her next is in the works.

Emma's rather forgotten what she does when she's not writing: living in London, there are more theatres and art galleries than is easy to keep up with, and even walking through the streets is a perennial pleasure. Given more time, holidays involve a camera and some ancient stone buildings or grand scenery: a horse to ride is an optional but delightful extra.