Daisy Johnson (writer)
[10] In 2015, she won a two-book deal with publisher Jonathan Cape for a collection of short stories and a novel.It comprises a set of linked short stories, focusing on the experiences of women and girls in a small town.Johnson worked on the novel for around four years,[3] starting it at the same time as her short story collection to challenge herself to write something longer.She went through at least five drafts of the book (which she has said had seeds in her studies of the Greek myth of king Oedipus),[14] made several changes to characters and setting,[15] and for a period, it was titled Eggtooth.[18] Her favourite writers include Stephen King, Evie Wyld, Helen Oyeyemi and John Burnside.