Glasshopper by Isabel Ashdown was named as one of the Observer Review ‘Books of the Year 2009′:
“A tender and subtle novel about alcoholism that explores difficult issues in deceptively easy prose.”
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London Evening Standard Books of the Year 2009
On 19th November the reviewers for the London Evening Standard named the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months.
Reviewers included journalist and author Juliet Nicolson, who chose Sebastian Barry’s Costa Book Awards winnerThe Secret Scripture, and Glasshopper by Isabel Ashdown:
“Isabel Ashdown’s first novel Glasshopper (Myriad Editions, £7.99) is a disturbing, thought-provoking tale of family dysfunction, spanning the second half of the 20th century, that guarantees laughter at the uncomfortable familiarity of it all.”
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ACADEMIC:
BA in English & Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, awarded First Class Honours and the Hugo Donnelly Prize for outstanding academic achievement 2007.
MA in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, awarded Distinction 2010.
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EARLIER AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS:
Novel Opening: First Prize in The Mail on Sunday Novel Competition 2008 (extract from Glasshopper). Judges: Sir John Mortimer, Fay Weldon & Michael Ridpath.
Poem: ‘Milk and Eggs’, short-listed for the Bridport Prize 2006, published in anthology Nov 2006
Short Story: ‘Following Some Disgrace’, Gold winner in the Johnston Press Author v Author regional awards 2008, published in anthology Dec 2008
Short Story: “Ed’s Night Crossing”, highly recommended in an International Short Story Prize 2007
Short Story: ‘Chez Fourniers’, published in the French Literary Review Magazine, issue 5, 2007
