![]() ![]() ![]() It is this extensive experience in varying forms of communication and her experience as a published author that feeds into her work with the Royal Literary Fund, teaching academic writing skills and mentoring students, both 1-1 and through workshops and writing retreats. She has also contributed to Writing Motherhood: a Creative Anthology on Motherhood and Writing edited by Carolyn Jess Cooke and the Book Lovers’ Appreciation Society, a collection of short stories by various authors.īefore she embarked on her publishing career, Anna worked as a journalist, in public relations and as a copywriter. ![]() Much of this novel, which was shortlisted for a Good Housekeeping Good Read award, drew upon the themes Anna had begun to explore in the first book: love, sexuality, memory, trauma, obsession and betrayal. Her second novel Before I Knew Him (Arrow, 2009) was also inspired by landscape, particularly the coast of Northumberland. It was inspired by the real floating island on Derwentwater in the Lake District and tells the story of Matt, a 15-year-old boy, who rows out to the island with his younger brother to plant a flag with disastrous consequences. ![]() Her first novel The Floating Island (Arrow, 2008) won a Betty Trask best debut award from the Society of Authors. Dr Anna Ralph (Barker) is an award-winning novelist and journalist. ![]()
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