Ruth Thomas is a novelist and short-story writer. Her work has won or been shortlisted for several awards including the John Llewellyn Rhys Award, the Saltire Society First Book Award and the VS Pritchett Short Story Prize. Her first novel Things to Make and Mend received a Good Housekeeping Book Award and her short story collection Super Girl was longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize. Many of her stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio. The Home Corner is her second novel, and is now available in paperback. Ruth was born in Kent and lives in Edinburgh with her family. She has worked as a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and now teaches part-time at St Andrews University. , Ruth Thomas is a novelist and short-story writer. Her first story collection was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Saltire Society First Book Awards, and her second received a Scottish Arts Council Book Award. Her first novel Things to Make and Mend received a Good Housekeeping Book Award. The Home Corner is her second novel. Ruth was born in Kent and now lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children. She is currently a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow.