F lorenceGiven is the 23-year-old powerhouse behind feminist bestseller Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, published to critical and public acclaim in June 2020. And, just when everyone was expecting a delightful follow-up titled something like Women Don’t Owe You Sexy, or Women Don’t Owe You Babies, in her maverick manner she went and surprised us all with Girlcrush, her debut novel. It published in mid-August, and has been described as ‘dark, funny and wild’, three adjectives that would make any debut writer squeal. It’s already smashing Amazon’s top spots and picking up all the best endorsements a debut novelist could want, from authors such as Daisy Buchanan and Emma Gannon. In other words, her big jump to fiction is Big News. With arguably more to ‘lose’ than your typical debut writer, why would she want to switch so soon, especially when she got
