About the Author

Annie Elliot has an MA in Creative Writing and a BA (Hons) in Literary Studies. Before retiring she worked in local government, as a newspaper reporter and taught communication. She has written a booklet to help teachers understand dyslexic children’s difficulties. Her short stories and flash fiction have been successful in literary competitions. She has been longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Award. She writes and performs monologues.

At university, her tutor, the late Fay Weldon, described Annie Elliot as a natural writer and her work as ‘completely brilliant’. Struck by her talent for the acerbic and moving, the author and screenwriter Nikesh Shukla, host of the Brown Baby podcast, complimented her on her ‘comedian’s eye for detail and absurdity’. The naturalist, author and broadcaster, Stephen Moss described her bitter-sweet style as funny and tragic.

Mr & Mrs Charles Dickens – Her Story is Annie Elliot’s debut novel. Her website is annieelliot.co.uk.