Emma Hill Author

Debut author, Emma Hill, wrote the first draft of Baby Girl on her phone, while commuting to and from her full-time job. The book is inspired by Emma's love of music and female MCs, by the theme of creating art whatever your circumstances and by the need for representation across gender, ethnicity and class in young adult fiction. Emma is of mixed ethnicity - Indian and White British. She grew up in London and Yorkshire and works as a writer, producer, director and facilitator. In addition to the awards and critical recognition of Baby Girl, Emma's other achievements include: BAFTA and Royal Television Society nominations for her producing work; SI Leeds Literary Prize longlisting for her forthcoming second YA novel; Nesta Alternarratives Prize shortlisted cohort for her interactive short story, After Words; remote producing short films in lockdown for BBC iPlayer; creating, writing book and lyrics for and producing Chip Shop - The Musical, which is currently in development as a large-scale, commercial, theatrical production; creating, developing, co-writing and producing the BBC's first Instagram drama for teenagers and much more. Emma lives in Greater Manchester with her husband and son and you can find out all about her on her website, emmahillwrites.com.