
Carole Hailey
Carole Hailey?s first novel, The Silence Project, published in February 2023, was Corvus' lead debut. It was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, a #1 Kindle Bestseller, a Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month and a Booksellers Association Indie Book of the month, selected by a panel of independent booksellers. Carole completed the six-month Guardian/UEA novel writing course taught by Bernardine Evaristo, following which she abandoned a career in law to undertake an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. Her MA was followed by a PhD in Creative Writing at Swansea University, which she completed in 2020. She was also a London Library Emerging Writer 2020/21.