Praise for Miss Garnet's Angel: 'Rich, complex and haunting! she makes the ancient story as riveting as Miss Garnet's own adventures' Sunday Times 'Delightfully affecting' Independent Books of the Year 'Writes like a haunted angel' The Times Praise for Mr Golightly's Holiday: 'Vickers reproduces conversations about Brazilian bikini waxes, bird watching or metaphysics with a mimic's expertise; paints Dartmoor's scenery with artistry.' Sunday Telegraph 'Full of charm' Independent on Sunday 'A treat, fun, reflective and, in its very English way, quietly jubilant.' Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph

Salley Vickers divides her time between London and Venice. Previously a university lecturer in English, when not writing she practices as a psychologist and still lectures widely on the connections between literature, psychology and religion.