Debbie Taylor is editor of Mslexia, the fastest-growing literary magazine in the UK. She has been writing and travelling ever since she abandoned her career as a research psychologist. She has worked as editor of New Internationalist magazine, and co-edited THE VIRAGO BOOK OF WRITING WOMEN. Her non-fiction book, MY CHILDREN MY GOLD (Virago), was shortlisted for the Fawcett Prize for women's writing. THE FOURTH QUEEN was her first historical novel. Her new novel HUNGRY GHOSTS, a contemporary and unusual love story set on Crete, was published by Michael Joseph.