After doing a Creative Writing MA at The University of East Anglia in the noughties, Lou Tondeur published The Water’s Edge and The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls with Headline Review, did a PhD, travelled around the world, started a family, and became a Creative Writing lecturer. Since then she has supported countless numbers of writers through mentoring and editorial feedback. Unusual Places, her first short story collection, came out in 2018 and she is currently working on her next novel. Lou lives near Brighton on the sunny south coast of England, teaches for the Open University, and blogs at: www.louisetondeur.co.uk