Austen Squirrel

Literary fiction. Currently querying literary agents.

Follow the journey on @austensquirrel.writer

About

I hold a BA (Hons) in French with History from Queen Mary, University of London, with a minor in critical and creative writing. I worked in publishing for ten years before establishing a property and design consultancy.

I have participated in creative writing workshops and courses at Queen Mary University, the Royal Academy, City Lit and the Faber Academy. My work has placed in the Top 100 out of over 1,000 international entries in the Ascent Novel Prize.

My work explores fractured narratives, unreliable consciousness, and the ways we construct meaning from incomplete information. I'm interested in form as content. How the shape of a story can embody its themes.

The Work

Jewels of a Fractured Soul

"Sometimes truths aren't discovered, they're assembled."

93,000 words Literary Fiction Querying

Threads of the Self

"A secret daughter, a fragile mother, and the legacy of a woman who built her life on ambition and silence."

89,000 words Upmarket Literary Fiction Querying

The World at the End of the Pier

Speculative literary fiction. In development.

Work in progress

Blog

I write occasionally about the writing process, form, literary tradition, and the quiet discipline of revision. Posts coming soon.

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