Alice McVeigh has been published by Orion/Hachette in contemporary fiction, by Unbound in speculative fiction (writing as Spaulding Taylor), and by Warleigh Hall Press in Jane Austenesque fiction. Her novels have placed in Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize, been joint runner-up for Foreword Indies' "Book of the Year" and - most recently - have featured in the last seven independently-published novels for the UK Selfies Fiction Book Award 2024, at the London Book Fair. Alice, who is also a professional London cellist, is married, and lives in Kent.