Esther Freud trained as an actress before writing her first novel, Hideous Kinky, which was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys prize and made into a film starring Kate Winslet. After publishing her second novel, Peerless Flats, she was chosen as one of Granta’s Best Young British novelists.
Her other books include The Sea House, Lucky Break, and Mr Mac and Me, which won Best Novel in the East Anglian Book Awards. She contributes regularly to newspapers and magazines, and is a teacher of creative writing at The Faber Academy as well as with her own local group. Her first full length play Stitchers was produced at The Jermyn St Theatre in 2018. I Couldn’t Love You More is her ninth novel.
