The debut collection from a shining new star of modern British fiction - widespread review coverage guaranteed For fans of Polly Samson and Angela Carter, for anyone interested in the Cornish landscape, and for everyone who loved folk stories growing up and never quite let them go Lucy Wood has a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Exeter University, where she studied under Philip Hensher, an early supporter of her work

'Lucy Wood has an intensity and clarity of expression, deeply rooted in a sense of place. Her stories have a purity and strength, and an underlying human warmth; they resonate in the mind' - Philip Hensher 'Each year, book blurbs tell you that a thousand new writers have fresh, distinctive voices. But fresh, distinctive voices are actually very rare. Lucy Wood has one' - Michel Faber 'A startling, and startlingly good, debut' - Jon McGregor 'It is as if the Cornish moors and coasts have whispered secrets into Lucy Wood's ears and, in response, she has fashioned exquisite tales of mystery and humanity' - Ali Shaw, author of The Girl with Glass Feet

Lucy Wood has a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Exeter University. She grew up in Cornwall. Diving Belles is her first work.