Penny Batchelor is an alumna of the Faber Academy online Writing a Novel course. She is the author of two psychological thrillers published by RedDoor Press: My Perfect Sister and Her New Best Friend.
She is a monthly columnist for The Bookseller and co-founder of the #KeepFestivalsHybrid campaign, which encourages literary festival producers to include an online element, ensuring accessibility for disabled authors and readers, those who are unable or can’t afford to travel and people with social anxiety or who feel the literary world isn’t open to them. Read about the campaign and add your signature to the open letter here: https://bit.ly/3bU4bso