Heidi James is a writer, her most recent novel, The Sound Mirror has been described as ‘An exhilarating, heart-rending work’ by The Irish Times and as ‘An exceptional novel’ by The Guardian. She’s the host of First Graft, a podcast to inspire and support all creatives with their first draft anxieties.
Heidi is based in Sussex, and lectures in Creative Writing and English Literature.
For enquiries please contact Julia Silk at Charlie Campbell Literary Agents.
The Sound Mirror by Heidi James has just the right mix of dark and light, of reveal and conceal. Slick, agile, powerful and brilliant.’
Sara Baume
You can listen to an extract of The Sound Mirror here, on Damian Barr’s Literary Salon.


