About

A.K. Benedict read English at Cambridge and 20th Century Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Sussex. She lives in Hastings and writes in a red-walled room filled with mannequins, teapots and the severed head of a ventriloquist’s dummy.  She did have a blow-up pirate but punctured it.

Formerly the frontwoman of indie band The Black Tulips, Alexandra now performs solo as Pimpernelle and composes film soundtracks. She is currently recording an album and writing the first in a series of crime novels.