Alexandra Carey

Alexandra Carey was inspired to write her debut novel, The Light That Bends Round Corners, after living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 7 years. Set in 2006, the story follows two very different women whose lives become intrinsically linked as they both face their own troubles: Laura is a wife and mother, who finds herself having to give up her job in London as a fashion journalist and move to a beautiful but dilapidated bungalow in Kuala Lumpur. Mariel, her Filipina maid, has spent her whole life dealing with injustice and abuse. The novel sensitively touches on themes such as abuse, love, mental health and migration.

Whilst living in KL, Alexandra worked as a volunteer teaching refugee children and wrote 2 children’s books, Ted Ted and the Dhobi Ghats and Ted Ted Trouble in Tokyo. Since returning to England, she has lived in a remote farmhouse by the River Deben in Suffolk and has studied creative writing.