Books by Jackie Gay

JACKIE GAY was born in Birmingham and travelled in Europe, Asia, the Far East and Africa before returning home to write. She says: 'As a writer I have always been interested in "outsiders". Becoming disabled myself made me sharply aware of what it means to be regarded by society as a problem, an issue rather than an individual. This experience is at the core of my decision over the structure of Wist - I didn't want to signal disability as key from the beginning because I felt it would overshadow other storylines and themes. This isn't because I see disability as less important, but to show that disability is part of life, but only ever a part of an individual's existence.'