Heather McRobie, a graduate of the University of Oxford, is currently studying for an MA in Arabic at the University of McGill in Canada.

'An inborn literary skill, a deftness of language, a roving and enquiring mind A- and funny with it. If she keeps it up she'll take her place among the best in the land.' Fay Weldon'I began Psalm 119 late one night, and my first realisation was that I was no longer tired; my second was that I would not be going to bed until the novel was good and ready to let me go.' Tobias Hill

Heather McRobie, a graduate of the University of Oxford, is currently studying for an MA in Arabic at the University of McGill in Canada.

'An inborn literary skill, a deftness of language, a roving and enquiring mind A- and funny with it. If she keeps it up she'll take her place among the best in the land.' Fay Weldon'I began Psalm 119 late one night, and my first realisation was that I was no longer tired; my second was that I would not be going to bed until the novel was good and ready to let me go.' Tobias Hill

Heather McRobie, a graduate of the University of Oxford, is currently studying for an MA in Arabic at the University of McGill in Canada.

'An inborn literary skill, a deftness of language, a roving and enquiring mind A- and funny with it. If she keeps it up she'll take her place among the best in the land.' Fay Weldon'I began Psalm 119 late one night, and my first realisation was that I was no longer tired; my second was that I would not be going to bed until the novel was good and ready to let me go.' Tobias Hill