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Julia Armfield is the author of the story collection salt slow and the novel Our Wives Under the Sea. Her work has been published in Granta, Lighthouse, Analog Magazine, Neon Magazine, and Best British Short Stories. She is the winner of the White Review Short Story Prize and a Pushcart Prize, and she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award in 2019. She lives and works in London.
A Most Anticipated Book (The Guardian, Good Housekeeping, BookRiot, Bustle, LitHub, Electric Literature, Goodreads, Autostraddle, Shondaland, SheReads, GeeklyInc, Stylist) Sublimely gorgeous...Readers are treated to a stunning love story about a couple trying to make sense of their new unfamiliar situation, while also learning about what happened to Leah on the ocean floor. It's pretty much perfect. --Liberty Hardy, BookRiot A love story like no other...Armfield's fantastic first novel is about the pockets of unknowability that pop up in even the longest intimacies, how marriage, like the ocean, is full of 'the teeth it keeps half-hidden.' --Electric Literature Captivating and at times heartbreaking. --SheReads A moody and intimate debut novel, both a portrait of a marriage and a subtle horror fantasy...With echoes of Jules Verne, Thor Heyerdahl, H.P. Lovecraft, and the film Altered States, Armfield anchors the shudder-producing tale in authentic marine science and a deep understanding of human nature. This is mesmerizing. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) What happens to a marriage when one spouse is no longer the person you married?...Launching her book with epigraphs from both Moby-Dick and Jaws, Armfield guides the reader through the liminal spaces in the couple's lives and approaches them with an occasionally ironic humor. The bleakest horror story can also be a love story; Armfield deftly illustrates how. --Kirkus (starred review) (starred review) Without a doubt, Our Wives Under the Sea is one of the best books I've ever read. It's not only art, it's a perfect miracle. We are lucky for it. --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth and Mostly Dead Things A wonderful novel, deeply romantic and fabulously strange. I loved this book. --Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the Velvet I was entirely captivated by this book. A gorgeous debut. --Jami Attenberg, author of I Came All This Way to Meet You and The Middlesteins Beautiful, otherworldly, like floating through water with your eyes open. --Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters and Everything Under Julia Armfield is one of my favorite writers. Our Wives Under the Sea is a contemporary gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness. --Florence Welch, lead singer of Florence + the Machine This phenomenal book is a marriage tale unlike any other. Thrilling, funny and exquisitely crafted, this book will make you question everything while it keeps you up all night turning its pages. --Danielle Lazarin, author of Back Talk A strange, unnerving novel that wrongfoots you at every turn and invites you to think again about loss, absence, and transformation. A lyrically written elegy. --Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others Tender, strange, lucid, and so assured. If you love sci-fi or love stories or books that defy labels or chew-your-arm-off good writing, this is for you. --Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies Spooky and romantic: a gorgeous novel that gets under your skin. Armfield leads you softly through a story that feels epic and intimate at the same time. --Sarvat Hasin, author of The Giant Dark Delicate and horrifying, Our Wives Under The Sea is a darkly brilliant novel that submerges the reader's imagination in the depths of the unknown. --Megan Hunter, author of The Harpy Reading this book is like diving into the deepest depths of the ocean and finding beautiful and disturbing wonders. --Kirsty Logan, author of Things We Say in the Dark
