{"title":"Amy Twigg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1371\"\u003eAmy Twigg\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Kent, England, and now lives in Surrey. Her debut novel, \u003cem data-start=\"1452\" data-end=\"1470\"\u003eSpoilt Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in the UK in 2024 and earned her recognition as one of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1541\" data-end=\"1557\"\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e's Best New Novelists. The novel also won the Blue Pencil Agency (BPA) Pitch Prize and was longlisted for both the BPA First Novel Award and the Mslexia Novel Competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer novels include \u003cem data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"279\"\u003eSpoilt Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"304\"\u003eMilk, Bread, Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e, both now published in the U.S. by Blackstone Publishing. Her fiction explores the unsettling intersections of identity, obsession, and the body through a distinctly literary horror lens.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"book-y0ky","title":"Spoilt Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFierce and unapologetic, \u003cem\u003eSpoilt Creatures \u003c\/em\u003eis an intoxicating debut that pulls back the skin of the patriarchy and examines the female rage that lies beneath.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey thought they knew everything about us. The kind of women we were.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Iris-newly single and living at home with her mother-meets the mysterious and beguiling Hazel, who lives in a women's commune, she finds herself drawn into the possibility of a new start away from the world of men who have only let her down. Here, at Breach House, the women can be loud and dirty, live and eat abundantly, all while under the leadership of their gargantuan matriarch, Blythe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut is Breach House truly the haven it seems? And just how much can Iris trust her new family? When an unforgivable transgression threatens the commune's existence, Iris and the other women find themselves hurtling toward an act of devastating violence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47622614941834,"sku":"HCy0ky","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print Hardcover","offer_id":49553501618314,"sku":"LPy0ky","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47622614974602,"sku":"PBy0ky","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":47622615007370,"sku":"DTy0ky","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":47622615040138,"sku":"ETy0ky","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [ZE]","offer_id":47622615072906,"sku":"ZEy0ky","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD [ZM]","offer_id":47622615105674,"sku":"ZMy0ky","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/1069\/4538\/files\/y0ky-Rectangle-cover.jpg?v=1783648158"},{"product_id":"book-uhpl","title":"Milk, Bread, Teeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMilk, Bread, Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e, Amy Twigg's electrifying new novel, is a work of literary body horror in the vein of \u003cem\u003eNightbitch \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMilk Fed, \u003c\/em\u003ewith the dark social critique of \u003cem\u003eThe Substance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eLena's body is no longer her own. It is occupied by a growing appetite, a hunger that demands to be fed. From inside her luxury apartment, Lena tries to appease it gorging herself, day and night. Whole loaves of bread, protein shakes-tins of cat food if all else fails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWhen Joan, an actress on the cusp of stardom, moves into the apartment above, Lena is quick to make friends. She soon finds herself in Joan's orbit enjoying the trappings of wealth and privilege, the kind she has always pined for. But with the hunger demanding more and more, Lena's carefully constructed image of herself starts to unravel. And as her appetite veers into the inedible, she must fight to remember who she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMilk, Bread Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching exploration of dissatisfaction and disparity, a deliciously grim and transgressive tale that draws the reader into a frenzy of insatiable desire and consumption. It's a propulsive, eerie novel inspired by Amy's experiences with chronic illness and her place in publishing as a working-class woman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49636434968714,"sku":"HCuhpl","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49636435001482,"sku":"PBuhpl","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49636435034250,"sku":"DTuhpl","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49636435067018,"sku":"ETuhpl","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49636435099786,"sku":"ZEuhpl","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49636435132554,"sku":"ZMuhpl","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/1069\/4538\/files\/uhpl-Rectangle-cover.jpg?v=1783648278"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/1069\/4538\/collections\/Amy_Twigg_Headshot.png?v=1783704904","url":"https:\/\/www.blackstonepublishing.com\/collections\/amy-twigg.oembed","provider":"Blackstone Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}