Jo Browning Wroe grew up in a crematorium in Birmingham. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is Creative Writing Supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. A TERRIBLE KINDNESS was shortlisted for the Bridport/Peggy Chapman Andrews award. She has two adult daughters and lives in Cambridge with her husband.
Novels
Novellas and Short Stories
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