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      <image:caption>I’m Laura, I’m an author, journalist and editor based in East London. My latest novel MAKING IT is out now. It is a ‘fun and sexy rom com about anxiety and depression’ and if you would like to read it you can buy here in the US and here in the UK. Or from any bookstore of your choice! You can buy my third novel Wild Things here in the UK and here in the US - it is about a group of friends living in a queer commune in the English countryside. Everyone loved it even my mum and The New York Times! My other novels, Tell Me Everything andThe Split are available everywhere in paperback. You can follow me on Substack here where I write about mental health, queerness, fitness, books and whatever else takes my fancy. I’ve written for Diva Magazine, Stylist Magazine, The Guardian, The Metro and more. I also recommend you click on my piece about lesbian representation in commercial fiction in The Bookseller for the headline alone. If you’d like me to write about serious queer stuff, silly queer stuff and maybe even…heterosexual stuff you can contact me above. You can find me on Instagram at @lauraekay. News: My fifth novel The Point of it All will be published by Simon and Schuster in the US! More soon. Events: Watch this space!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>'A captivating read from a truly exciting talent' - JUSTIN MYERS, author of The Fake-Up 'Truly joyful and uplifting . . . this is a big-hearted story about what really matters in life: friends, family and love' - LUCY DIAMOND, author of Anything Could Happen 'I loved this. . . It reminded me in tone of Steven Rowley's writing. It's clever, uplifting, and funny, but also balances heavier topics like emotional trauma and commitment issues. It was a very bright, lovely read' - EMILY AUSTIN, author of Everyone in this Room Will Someday be Dead 'Tell Me Everything is a book that reads like a crush, all summer and exuberance with a tight, intelligent kernel of anxiety at its core' - MIKAELLA CLEMENTS &amp; ONJULI DATTA, authors of The View was Exhausting 'Hilarious, tender and romantic . . . with characters you'll wish were real and an ending that will leave you fully uplifted' - CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLIN, author of The Staycation 'It's sweet, sexy, funny and full of adorable characters . . . The kind of book that makes you feel like everything's going to be alright!' - MATT CAIN, author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle 'Laura Kay's writing is so warm and open-hearted, but also has a dry wit that makes you snort with delighted recognition' - LILY LINDON, author of Double Booked</image:caption>
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