Elizabeth Baines

Elizabeth Baines was born in South Wales. Her grandmother claimed to be descended from the family of the eighteenth-century Welsh plasterer-bard Will Hopkin, and undeterred by the fact that there was no proof of this, Elizabeth decided at an early age to be a writer in his footsteps. Her acclaimed novels and short stories expose the power we hold over each other, the secrets we keep from each other, and the ways in which even our fantasies can alter our lives and those of others for ever. Bookmunch said of her latest book, the novel Astral Travel: 'Intricately beautiful and abruptly brutal ... one of the most memorable and brilliant books I have read this year.'

'One of those books I had to force myself to put down just so the experience of reading it wouldn't end.' - Tania Hershman, on the story collection Balancing on the Edge of the World

'I read most of this book in one sitting as I could not drag myself away from its eerie storytelling... An accomplished, thoughtful novel that offers us a strange new lens with which to view the world' - Lisa Glass, on the novel Too Many Magpies

'It'll blow you away when you least expect it' - Charlie Place, The Worm Hole, on the story collection, Used to Be.

'A damn good read. It’s a cliché to say this is a must-read, but still, I’m going to urge you all to read it ... It’s a rock-hard satire and a very, very, very good read. So, you know, read it.' - Bookmunch on the novel The Birth Machine.

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Elizabeth blogs at http://elizabethbaines.blogspot.com. Her website is at www.e.baines.zen.co.uk