Hunger and Thirst, my sixth novel, is published in the UK today by Fig Tree / Penguin. Of all my novels it’s the one that has the most of me in it. It’s set in the town where I went to art school, and stayed; Ursula, the main character works in the post room of the same art school; and she lives in the squat I lived in in 1989. But there the similarities end.

I’d love it if you bought it or borrowed it from a library and read it. If you like it, let me know what you think. Take a picture and put it on social media, or take a picture of it on the tables or shelves in any bookshops you happen to step into. I’d love to see. If you’re on Instagram, you can tag me: @writerclairefuller

Ursula, a famous and reclusive sculptor is being hounded by a true crime documentary maker. She wants to interview Ursula about the events that happened at The Underwood in 1987 when Ursula was sixteen. In the summer of that year she meets a colleague, Sue, who becomes her friend, and who dares her to do various things. ‘Your turn next,’ Sue says. Eventually Sue dares Ursula to kill someone and when Ursula actually does, she is haunted for the rest of her life.

If that sounds like your sort of thing, you can buy it from your lovely local independent book shop, who are very likely to have some signed copies (I signed several hundred for independents). Or you can buy it from Bookshop.org which supports independents. Or you can buy it from Waterstones.

I’d also love to see you at one of my forthcoming events. In person or online. More details here.

Happy reading!