Caroline Smailes
Novelist Caroline Smailes, a graduate of Liverpool University, has gained a wealth of experience within the publishing and literary community.
Her first two novels, In Search of Adam and Black Boxes, were published, to critical acclaim by The Friday Project, an imprint of Harper Collins.
Her next novel, Like Bees to Honey, is set in Liverpool and Malta, and will be published on May 27th 2010. Caroline has participated in literary festivals and given workshops across the country focusing on the art of fiction, the building of author web presence and the craft of writing.
As well as writing literary fiction, blogging and twittering, Caroline has worked as an editor and a reader for several publishers.
Caroline mentored for Tonto Books in their Arts Council-supported project to discover, develop and publish talented new writers from the North East of England and also judged in the New Novelist competition.
She founded and developed the literary consultancy BubbleCow, from an understanding that modern writers require fast, efficient and affordable services that can be tailored to meet personal needs.
Caroline lives on the Wirral with her husband and three children.
Read our achive interview with Caroline Smailes here.
Our LiveRead video of Caroline Smailes reading an excerpt from Like Bees to Honey will be broadcast on Tuesday 16th March.
