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Sheena Joughin has twice been the winner of the London Short Story Competition, and is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement. Her first novel, Things to do Indoors, was published by Doubleday in 2003. She lives in West London with her son.
'Many things are left unsaid in Sheena Joughin's Swimming Underwater and the effect is all the more resonant and intriguing...superb control' Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times A carefully charged novel about insiders, outsiders and the unsayable things and passions in any life...As with her first novel, something comes together here with a kind of grace. When it does, the effect is both philosophical and a pleasure...beautifully underplayed Ali Smith, The Guardian An admirably muted novel combining graceful description with piquant observation ... a fine second novel from a perceptive author TLS Don't miss this, a take on the idea that the course of true love never runs smooth Red '[Joughin] displays her short-story writing gift for minute observation, starting slowly with the dysfunctional relationship between Ruth and Liam. Joughin's acute sensitivity to language and idiosyncratic behaviour makes this a coolly refreshing read' Glasgow Herald
