Virginia Baily

Virginia Bailey was born in Yorkshire, England. As well as being an award-winning author, she is the founder and co-editor of the literary journal Riptide, and has previously worked as a language teacher, translator and editor. She tends to write
her stories based on a framework of historical events, whilst she is most concerned with issues of identity, family and difference. Her novel *One Morning, Early* was published in English in 2015 and has already been translated into ten other languages. It was Book of the Month at major bookshops in England, as well as a Sunday Times bestseller. She lives in Exeter, England.