I am delighted to see Vanessa Gebbie's beautiful debut short story collection "Words from a glass bubble" is on the longlist for this most prestigious award.
Sara Crowley is a writer, bookseller and reviewer. She won The Waterstones Bookseller Bursary, and her novel in progress - Salted - was runner up in Faber's Not Yet Published competition. Her short stories have won prizes and been published in many lovely places, online and in print.