Jane Rusbridge

'A brilliant new voice' Alison Macleod

'A highly original, fresh, new talent of rare quality' - The Lady
'The Devil's Music ...is a sharp exposé of the devastating effects of the taboos that govern motherhood. Jane Rusbridge is a brilliant new voice. She evokes hearth-and-home in 1950s Britain with terrific delicacy. This story is fresh, vivid - and startlingly contemporary' Alison Macleod

'Vividly and intensely written' Jane Rogers

Nominated for the International IMPAC Literary Award 2011

Jane Rusbridge lives near the coast in West Sussex with her husband, a farmer, and the youngest of their five children. She is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of Chichester where she has been Associate Lecturer in English since 1999. Jane is also the recipient of the university's Lord Wolfendon Prize, the Philip Lebrun Prize for Creative Writing, and a Bridport Prize. Her novels are published by Bloomsbury.

The Devil's Music
Forthcoming in Aug 2012, ROOK is one of 9 launch titles for the new literary imprint Bloomsbury Circus, along with Liz Jensen's The Uninvited and Emily Perkins The Forrests.

www.janerusbridge.co.uk