Press Release
FIRST NOVEL COMPETITION WINNER
The winning first novel, to be published in 2008 by Long Barn Books is:
TWISTED WING by RUTH NEWMAN
Ruth Newman lives in Cambridge where she works as a Web editor for the University Business School. She is 32.
TWISTED WING is a brilliant dark psychological thriller set in Cambridge.
It will be published by Simon and Schuster in Pocket Books, their mass market paperback imprint in 2009.
Kate Lyall Grant, paperback editor of Simon and Schuster says of TWISTED WING.
| "We are absolutely delighted to be publishing this sharply-plotted psychological thriller on the Pocket paperback list. Gripping and chilling in equal measure, the unexpected twists and turns in Ruth Newman’s compelling debut kept me guessing until the very last page. This author is a real find. " |
Ruth Newman has been snapped up immediately by agent Vivien Green at Sheil Land, who says
| "I’m completely knocked out by TWISTED WING. It’s remarkable that it’s a first novel. It’s so clever with such strong characterization. I was completely spellbound until the end. It’s wonderful to have a new female crime writer of this calibre." |
For further information about TWISTED WING and Ruth Newman, please contact SUSAN HILL, the publisher of Long Barn Books, at editorial@longbarnbooks.com or 01386 593352
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