Effie Black is a London-based writer with a background in science. She enjoys writing from a female and queer perspective, using fiction as a way to explore ideas and challenge her own ways of thinking.

She studied and worked in molecular biology, so she likes bringing a spot of science into her writing too. Effie’s short stories have appeared in Litro and the époque press é-zine.

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In Defence Of The Act  is Effie’s debut novel.