Isabel Ashdown was born in London in 1970 and grew up on the south coast of England.  She now lives in West Sussex with her family.

In 2008 she was named as winner in the Mail on Sunday Novel Competition, and her debut novel Glasshopper went on to be twice named as one of the best books of 2009 by the London Evening Standard and the Observer Review.

Her second novel, Hurry Up and Wait, was released in June 2011, and was named as one of Amazon’s Top 100 ‘Customer Favourites in 2011′.  She is currently working on her third book.

Isabel is the founder of Chichester Book Club, a website dedicated to reading groups and book clubs in her local area, where she and her fellow authors regularly run creative writing talks, readings and workshops across the South East.

Glasshopper and Hurry Up and Wait are published in the UK by Myriad Editions, and in Germany by Eichborn.  She is represented by Kate Shaw at the Viney Agency.

Find out more about her appearances or visit her CONTACT page here.