Emily Barr worked as a journalist in London but always hankered after a quiet room and a book to write. She went travelling for a year, which gave her an idea for a novel set in the world of backpackers in Asia. This became Backpack, a thriller that won the WHSmith New Talent Award. Her first YA thriller, The One Memory of Flora Banks, has been published in twenty-seven countries and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize. Emily’s third YA thriller, The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods, was published in 2019 and nominated for the Carnegie Award. Things to Do Before the End of the World is her fourth YA novel. Emily lives in Cornwall with her husband and their children.
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