A Place for People Like Us won the Independent Press Award for Contemporary Novel (and I got to attend the wonderful ceremony)

What an incredible night. Thank you so much to the Independent Press Award for this honour, and for creating such a special event. It was so much fun to celebrate with all of these amazing authors 💗💗thank you to Heather Wood for best photos and company ever, and for such amazing publicity 🧡🧡🧡📚 🥳. thank you also, as always, to my amazing publisher Guernica Editions, my amazing publisher and editor, Michael Mirolla, Connie McParland, David Moratto, the amazing designer, Crystal Fletcher, Marisa and the whole team for all their support.