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Julia Rampen is a Scottish-Canadian journalist and writer with a long track record of working with refugees and undocumented migrants. She is Media Director of IMIX, a charity helping immigrants tell their stories, and has worked for The Toronto Globe & Mail, The New Statesman, and the Liverpool Echo, as well as contributing to the Guardian, BBC Radio, and Sky News. The Bay was written in consultation with those who investigated the Morecambe Bay tragedy at the time (2004) and told the survivors' stories.
'A beautifully crafted and utterly absorbing story about the ever-present and ever-hopeful possibilities for human connection.' -- Janine Bradbury, University of York 'A study of empathy and compassion, in lyrical prose. It examines human connections and asks how we should care for others, and be cared for ourselves … immersive and thought-provoking. There is a luminous, shimmering sense of place.' -- Catherine Simpson, author of One Body 'An evocative, weather-lashed story of an unlikely duo, raising urgent questions about how we treat those who cross borders. Heart-wrenching and hopeful in equal measure.' -- The Bath Novel Award 'A truly remarkable book, with lightning characterisation and such extraordinary compassion. I loved every page.' -- Kate Simants, author of A Ruined Girl 'Careful and compassionate … subtle, human and meaningful, but also full of humour, and precise and beautiful description.' -- Emma Healey, author of Elizabeth Is Missing
