vanessa jones was born in 1970. This is her first book.
`A thoroughly intriguing novel studded with thoughtful and witty insights: I've never read a book before that contains both ecstasy tips and gardening tips. Jones' writing is measured and elegant, but there is an underlying panic here at the ridiculous business of being alive.' Arthur Smith
`Vanessa Jones frequently gives us passages of virtuoso writing. Comparisons can be invidious, but Twelve could be seen as a book narrated by a more intelligent, self-aware and literary Bridget Jones, with the journals of some of her close friends thrown in.' Peter Carty, Time Out