Charlotte Mendelson

Charlotte Mendelson has written six novels and one nonfiction book about her tragic gardening obsession. Her previous novel, The Exhibitionist, was longlisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction, and was a Book of the Year in The Times, The Guardian, and Good Housekeeping. Charlotte's other novels include Almost English, which was longlisted for both the Man Booker and the Women's Prize for Fiction; When We Were Bad, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction; Daughters of Jerusalem, which won both the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; and Love in Idleness. She has written for The Guardian, Financial Times, and is the gardening correspondent for The New Yorker. Charlotte lives in London, England.