Isabel Ashdown

Who is Isabel Ashdown?

Isabel Ashdown is a British writer of contemporary fiction. She is the winner of The Mail on Sunday Novel Competition 2008, with judges Fay Weldon, Sir John Mortimer and Michael Ridpath describing Isabel's winning entry as magnificent ... made every word work and left the reader anxious to read on.

Her debut novel Glasshopper was subsequently released in 2009, gaining critical acclaim and going on to be listed in the London Evening Standard Best Books of '09 and the Observer Best Debuts of '09. Her second novel Hurry Up and Wait was named amongst Amazon's Top 100 Customer Favourites for Kindle in 2011. Isabel's latest novel is Summer of '76.

Glasshopper, Hurry Up and Wait and Summer of '76 are all published in the UK by Myriad Editions.

Isabel Ashdown is represented by The Viney Agency.