Jenny Downham's first novel, Before I Die, is an international bestseller. It won the Branford Boase Award, the Australian Silver Inky Award for best international novel, was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was made into the blockbuster film, Now Is Good. Jenny's second book, You Against Me, won the inaugural Waterstones Teenage Book Prize, and her third novel, Unbecoming, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and won the Stonewall Honor Award from the American Library Association. Her fourth novel, Furious Thing, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and the Costa Book Awards. Louis Hill is a writer and actor. As an actor, his credits include a wide variety of stage, screen and voiceover work. As a writer, he has written a number of plays and short films including his one-man show, Love & Tigers, which opened to sell out audiences and 5-star reviews for a limited run at the Hen and Chickens theatre. His short stories have been featured in a number of publications and have placed in several competitions. Let the Light In is his debut novel.
An extraordinary book, tenderly told. There is so mcuh loss, beauty, hope and care in its pages. I read it all at once, but it will stay with me for a very long time to come * Katya Balen * A nuanced, compelling and ultimately hopeful story of flawed relationships, family grief and the power of art, all with characters I could swear I've met in real life! * Patrice Lawrence * Terrific * Sarah Crossan * Wise, gripping and skilfully told . . . It gives permission to rage when fury is warranted * Sunday Times' Book of the Week, praise for Furious Thing * Piercingly well-observed . . . a masterpiece of shame and desire * Financial Times, praise for Furious Thing * A painfully enthralling, fiercely feminist account of emotional abuse and appropriate rage * Guardian, praise for Furious Thing *