Fourth Estate

Maria McCann was born in Liverpool in 1956 and spent most of her childhood there devouring novels at every opportunity. She read English at the University of Durham and then embarked on a series of jobs including Citizens’ Advice, telephonist, artist’s model and EFL teacher. An Arvon course gave her the confidence to write after years of ‘scribbling’ and she later read for an MA in Writing at the University of Glamorgan.She loves plays, gin, dancing and dogs.As Meat Loves Salt was published in 2001.

Her latest novel, The Wilding, was a Richard and Judy book club selection and was published by Faber and Faber