Holly Gramazio is a writer, game designer and curator from Adelaide, currently based in London. She founded the experimental games festival Now Play This, and wrote the script for the award-winning indie videogame Dicey Dungeons. She's particularly interested in rules, play, cities, gardens, games that get people acting creatively and art that gets people interacting with their surroundings in new ways. The Husbands is her first novel.
A riot . . . a smart, witty satire about the the illusion of choice . . . It’s clever and silly and funny and wildly imaginative and I bloody loved it -- PANDORA SYKES Funny, fresh... an absolute riot, just one of the best books I've read in long time -- THE UNMUMSY MUM Laugh-out-loud funny while deeply thoughtful this is a wonderful wonderful novel -- JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS One of the funniest debuts for years... Holly Gramazio has not only come up with the most ingenious conceit, she has summoned the humour and sophistication to pull it off... a brilliant satire on the Tinder generation's commitment issues -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * Sunday Times * I loved everything about it -- Sara Lawrence * Daily Mail * Holly Gramazio's tight prose, sarcastic wit and knack for weaving a tender, hilarious story sets this novel apart * Harper's Bazaar, BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER * Clever and hilarious -- Joanne Finney * Good Housekeeping * Delightfully addictive… a bottomless champagne flute of a novel -- Elizabeth Hand * Washington Post * WONDERFUL: fresh, original, hugely entertaining and oddly comforting . . . I laughed out loud countless times . . . the most fun I've had reading in the longest time. It is an utter delight -- MARIAN KEYES Richly characterized, philosophical, and funny. I enjoyed all the husbands, even (especially?) the terrible ones. A time-bending gem about the way we live now -- GABRIELLE ZEVIN Clever, fresh, inventive, The Husbands is wholly original -- LOUISE O'NEILL Brilliant, hilarious, surprising and wise. I devoured it -- NAOMI ALDERMAN I can't remember the last time I opened a book, then refused to put it down till I'd finished it at 2am. Endlessly funny, ultimately profound A witty multiverse romcom... neatly flipping the script on the quest to find The One * Observer * The love I have for this book! It's properly funny, and asks so many interesting questions about romance and dating and choices and expectations -- ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY, author of Running Like a Girl