Louise Doughty is the author of ten novels including the No 1 bestseller Apple Tree Yard, which was adapted as a four-part BBC One series starring Emily Watson. Her sixth novel, Whatever You Love, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange (Women’s) Prize for Fiction and she has been nominated for multiple other awards including the Sunday Times Short Story Prize. Her first original drama for TV, Crossfire, starring Keeley Hawes, was broadcast on BBC One. She has been translated into thirty languages. She lives in London