Emma Chapman

Emma Chapman is a British writer, currently living in North Yorkshire. She was born in 1985 and grew up near Manchester. She studied English Literature at Edinburgh University, and completed an MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway.

Since leaving university, she has lived in London, Western Australia and Indonesia. In 2013, her first novel, How To Be A Good Wife, was published by Picador to critical acclaim, with reviews in The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The New York Times, amongst others. It was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and was chosen as a Target Book Club title. It sold in nine territories. Hilary Mantel called it ‘an impressive debut from a writer who shows insight and power’.

Her second novel, The Last Photograph, about a British photojournalist’s experiences during the Vietnam War, was published in 2016, also by Picador.