Caroline Cauchi also writes as Caroline Smailes and her acclaimed novel, The Drowning of Arthur Braxton has recently been adapted into a film starring James Tarpey and Johnny Vegas. It has just been nominated for Best UK Feature at the Raindance film festival. Matt Haig called the novel, ‘magical, weird, wonderful’.
Caroline worked as a lecturer for several years before turning her hand to fiction. She lives in Liverpool with her husband and their many children.