April Shepherd is an Australian creative based in Glasgow, and has been a journalist, writer and editor for the past eight years, working for an eclectic collection of magazine, newspaper and digital content publishers. She has also been in the sex industry for the past four years, working as a sugar baby, escort, model and content creator. Currently she is freelancing, blogging, and working in the sex industry whilst writing her debut novel Yes Daddy. During her residency, April will be working on Yes Daddy; a nonfiction novel exploring the nuances of the sugar baby and world of escorting, and how the sex industry as a whole fits into our modern conservative society.