Catherine Chanter
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Catherine Chanter was born and raised in the West Country. She has written for Radio Four and has had short stories and poetry published in a wide range of anthologies and publications. She won the Yeovil Poetry Prize in 2010. Catherine has a Masters, with distinction, in Creative Writing from Oxford Brookes University. The Well, her first novel, won the 2013 Lucy Cavendish Prize for Unpublished Fiction and was longlisted for the 2015 CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger.
The Well
‘I loved this book’ JESSIE BURTONAN AUTUMN 2015 RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB READLONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER
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“She will say I am sorry and Valerie will say none of it was your fault, it was all his, I believe you. No reply. She has to leave a message because phones are not allowed in prison and Valerie is visiting Solomon.”
“This is a debut novel and it’s an intense psychological, even apocalyptic thriller. But Chanter is also a poet, and the way she writes is graceful, evocative and emotional.”
Judy Finnigan
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