Esme King

Esme King is an author, former news journalist, and award-winning short film writer and director.

She was inspired to write the novel 'Reasons to Go Outside' after interviewing a woman with agoraphobia. The meeting had such a profound effect on her she went home immediately and began writing a novel where the principal character has spent a lifetime living only indoors and never stepping through her own front door.

Esme lives in Devon with her husband, two children and rescue dog, Milo.

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