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Gill Darling

Gill Darling

Gill Darling is the author of Erringby, published by Fairlight Books in June 2021.

Gill grew up in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and graduated from the University of York with a degree in Economics and Statistics. She currently lives in Manchester where she works as a chartered accountant in the charity sector. In 2015 she was selected as a fiction mentee in the Jerwood-Arvon mentoring scheme and was published in their anthology, Whisper the Wrong Name. Erringby is her debut novel.

A short Q&A with Gill Darling can be read here:

How did you start writing and what does writing mean to you?

I’ve been writing, on and off, for much of my life. A good writing day is the best feeling in the world.

Did you always want to be a writer?  

I did, but for a long time it was a distant dream. In 2014, following a residential course with the wonderful Arvon Foundation, during which I had a huge amount of encouragement from the tutors, Jim Crace and Susan Elderkin, I decided to start taking myself seriously as a writer and to devote time to it. My break was winning a Jerwood-Arvon Menteeship the following year.

Read our full interview with Gill here.