Awards

• Short-listed for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2014
• Short-listed for Not the Booker Prize 2013
• Shortlisted for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2014.
• Shortlisted for Not the Booker Prize 2013.

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'Vivid, startling and absorbing ... a really compelling novel' Matthew Plampin. * Matthew Plampin * 'A touching, sometimes brutal slice of life from the Saigon that remained when the war correspondents went home. Authentic, beautiful and highly accomplished; all novels should aspire to be this good' Bookbag. * Bookbag * A beautifully atmospheric novel. Cruickshanks' writing and detailed descriptions of the post-civil war country simply leaves me wanting more * Page to Stage * 'A gripping tale that is complex and profound ... Beautifully written, immensely atmospheric, the characters are unforgettable ... This is a compelling story that will touch your heart' Kate Furnivall. * Kate Furnivall * Vivid, startling and absorbing * Matthew Plampin, author of The Devil's Acre * A touching, sometimes brutal slice of life from the Saigon that remained when the war correspondents went home. It's authentic, beautiful and highly accomplished: all novels should aspire to be this good * Bookbag, Book of the Month * A gripping tale that is complex and profound... Beautifully written, immensely atmospheric, the characters are unforgettable... This is a compelling story that will touch your heart * Kate Furnivall, author of The White Pearl * Compelling and involving... there is a raw energy * Guardian *

'Vivid, startling and absorbing ... a really compelling novel' Matthew Plampin. 'A gripping tale that is complex and profound ... Beautifully written, immensely atmospheric, the characters are unforgettable ... This is a compelling story that will touch your heart' Kate Furnivall. 'A touching, sometimes brutal slice of life from the Saigon that remained when the war correspondents went home. Authentic, beautiful and highly accomplished; all novels should aspire to be this good' Bookbag.

Compelling and involving... there is a raw energy * Guardian * A gripping tale that is complex and profound... Beautifully written, immensely atmospheric, the characters are unforgettable... This is a compelling story that will touch your heart * Kate Furnivall, author of The White Pearl * A touching, sometimes brutal slice of life from the Saigon that remained when the war correspondents went home. It's authentic, beautiful and highly accomplished: all novels should aspire to be this good * Bookbag, Book of the Month * Vivid, startling and absorbing * Matthew Plampin, author of The Devil's Acre * A beautifully atmospheric novel. Cruickshanks' writing and detailed descriptions of the post-civil war country simply leaves me wanting more * Page to Stage * 'A gripping tale that is complex and profound ... Beautifully written, immensely atmospheric, the characters are unforgettable ... This is a compelling story that will touch your heart' Kate Furnivall. * Kate Furnivall * 'A touching, sometimes brutal slice of life from the Saigon that remained when the war correspondents went home. Authentic, beautiful and highly accomplished; all novels should aspire to be this good' Bookbag. * Bookbag * 'Vivid, startling and absorbing ... a really compelling novel' Matthew Plampin. * Matthew Plampin *

'Vivid, startling and absorbing ... a really compelling novel' Matthew Plampin. * Matthew Plampin * 'A touching, sometimes brutal slice of life from the Saigon that remained when the war correspondents went home. Authentic, beautiful and highly accomplished; all novels should aspire to be this good' Bookbag. * Bookbag * 'A gripping tale that is complex and profound ... Beautifully written, immensely atmospheric, the characters are unforgettable ... This is a compelling story that will touch your heart' Kate Furnivall. * Kate Furnivall * A beautifully atmospheric novel. Cruickshanks' writing and detailed descriptions of the post-civil war country simply leaves me wanting more * Page to Stage * Vivid, startling and absorbing * Matthew Plampin, author of The Devil's Acre * A touching, sometimes brutal slice of life from the Saigon that remained when the war correspondents went home. It's authentic, beautiful and highly accomplished: all novels should aspire to be this good * Bookbag, Book of the Month * A gripping tale that is complex and profound... Beautifully written, immensely atmospheric, the characters are unforgettable... This is a compelling story that will touch your heart * Kate Furnivall, author of The White Pearl * Compelling and involving... there is a raw energy * Guardian *

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Lucy Cruickshanks' love of travel inspires her writing. A great fan of the underdog, she's drawn to countries with troubled recent histories, writing about periods of time when societies are at their most precarious and fraught with risk. She's fascinated by their uniqueness and moral ambiguity, and in capturing the people who must navigate them. Her debut novel, The Trader of Saigon, began life after she sat beside a man on a flight who made his fortune selling women. It was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award and the Guardian Not The Booker Prize, longlisted for the Waverton Goodread Award and named a Top Ten Book of 2013 by The Bookbag. Lucy was born in 1984 and raised in Cornwall, UK. She holds a BA in Politics and Philosophy from the University of Warwick and an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. She lives on the south coast of England and divides her time between writing and caring for her young family.

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