The Author

Miranda Doyle, in her own words... 

Represented by the brilliant Anna Webber of United Agents, and published by the very best kind of editor, Mitzi Angel at Faber & Faber. 

Miranda teaches Memoir and Life Writing at the Faber Academy, and at the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Continuing Education.

Awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in November 2021, selected for the Writers' Pool in 2004, Writers' Centre Norwich Escalator Scheme in 2005 and awarded Arts Council England support in 2010 for the novel 'An Empty Quarter' she learns as much from other writers she teaches as they ever learn from her. Talking about autobiography and giving lectures to her philosophy students at Anglia Ruskin University was the inspiration for this book.

With thanks to Norman Ullathorne for his beautiful line drawings and those perfect numbers for my truth grid.  Thank you to Victoria Izat and to Lucy Husband for being so generous with their memories,  to Al Downie who was amazingly thoughtful with all his ideas for this website, to Nick Barraclough for creating such lovely audio for 'Ducks' and 'Frigid'. And finally to Steve and Spencer at Mud Kitchen who have put so much work into this site.  It's just how I hoped it would be. 

Miranda Doyle