Fellow Creatures

'Ripley meets Saltburn in a dark, simmering story of ambition, obsession and desire' JP DELANEY Shannon Bell is a nobody. But she can act. So when she's accepted into one of London's most elite drama schools, it feels like her chance at a life that's far from her drab home town. There, Shannon meets Victoria: dazzling, wealthy, beautiful Victoria. The two become inseparable, Victoria the shining centre of Shannon's new world. And suddenly, Shannon is no longer a nobody. Instead, she's on the inside, part of Victoria's exclusive set of promising young somethings. They spend their days competing for roles, and their nights vying for each other's affections. But when Victoria's privilege begins to single her out from her peers, Shannon finds their friendship - and her jealousy - spinning out of control, with fatal consequences. Everyone's obsessed with Fellow Creatures 'Absolutely loved this dark and intriguing story' REAL READER REVIEW 'Leaves you hungry for more' KRISTEN PERRIN 'A dazzlingly dark story about jealousy, desire and the obsessive need to fit in' REAL READER REVIEW 'Intoxicating' ALICE SLATER 'Absorbing' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Vibrant, dark' JANICE HALLETT 'Dark and addictive' LOUISE O'NEILL

Emma Lowther was a winner of the London Writer's Award. She is a queer, neurodivergent, northern writer. She trained as a performer at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and still continues to work as an actor. Fellow Creatures is her debut novel.