Eleanor is the author of A Perfect Explanation, and A Memoir In 65 Postcards & The Recovery Diaries.

Her new novel, In Judgement of Others, will be published on 28 January 2025.

  • ‘Anstruther’s writing is elegant and intelligent, and the closest possible thing to a perfect explanation.’

    — Kate Saunders, The Times

  • ‘Superb.’

    — Alex Preston, The Guardian

  • ‘In the literary vein of Alice Munro.’

    — Will Smith, New Writing North

  • ‘Gripping, insightful and written with a breathtaking elegance and eloquence.’

    — Pam Norfolk, The Lancashire Post

  • ‘Take note folks, Eleanor Anstruther is the real deal.’

    – Tor Udall, author of A Thousand Paper Birds

  • ‘An intense and thought-provoking read.’

    — Essie Fox, author of The Goddess and The Thief

ELEANOR’S PUBLISHED WORKS

Books

ELEANOR’S SUBSTACK

The Literary Obsessive

 
 

ELEANOR’S BIO

About Eleanor

Eleanor was born in London, educated at Westminster School and studied History of Art at Manchester University where she was distracted from finishing her degree by a trip to India. 

She was lost and found for the next twelve years, starting a commune, building a stone circle, and travelling through Asia, Australia, Africa and America before finally settling down to write her acclaimed debut novel, A Perfect Explanation, (Salt Books) which was long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Not The Booker Prize. A champion of indie lit fiction on Substack, she writes The Literary Obsessive.

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