Emma Musty is the author of two novels, The Exile and The Mapmaker, longlisted for the 2022 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, and The Bones of Barry Knight, which was nominated for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award. She is currently completing her third novel with the support of a Society of Authors K Blundell Trust Grant. She has also written multiple human rights reports, articles and chapters on migration and mobility. She divides her time between the UK and Greece.