Victoria Scott (also known as Victoria Darke) has been a journalist for more than 20 years, working for outlets including the BBC, Al Jazeera, Time Out and the Telegraph.

She lives on a Thames island with her husband and two children and a cat called Alice, and when she's not writing she's a university lecturer, freelance journalist and copywriter.

Victoria Scott's first novel, Patience, was the Booksellers Association Book of the Month and LoveReading Debut of the Month.

You can follow Victoria on Twitter @toryscott and on Instagram @VictoriaScottAuthor