‘The Whores’ Asylum’ is the debut novel by UEA alumna Katy Darby and is published this week by Fig Tree. Katy (pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing MA in 2006, when she was the recipient of the David Higham Award. Her
work has been read on BBC Radio, and published in various magazines and anthologies including Stand, Mslexia, Slice and the Arvon and Fish
anthologies. She teaches Short Story and Novel Writing at City University, and runs the live literature event, Liars’ League, in London. An exclusive extract from her second novel can be found on our website: www.newwriting.net
Katy Darby’s first novel
