Liane Wimhurst is a former foreign correspondent turned fiction writer living in Hackney. She is one of the 2026 London Writers Awardees in the literary fiction category and her short fiction has appeared in PRISM International. She received an Arts Council grant and mentorship as she wrote the first draft of her novel. The Chair is inspired by her time working as an editor for a Palestinian news website in Bethlehem, in the West Bank. She loves gallows humour, quirky characters and unlikely friendships. She also has an MA in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths.
