M. L. Rio in conversation with Ellie Keel at St James's Church, London

We are delighted to host an evening with M. L. Rio at St James's Church to discuss her hotly anticipated sophomore novel, Graveyard Shift. From the author of the international bestseller and BookTok sensation If We Were Villains comes another irresistible slice of dark academia, as a group of disparate individuals seek the truth about a series of sinister happenings in a college cemetery.

M. L. Rio's writing career began in elementary school with Reading Rainbow’s Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, and she picked up a pen to write her first novel at the much more judicious age of twelve. Her debut novel, If We Were Villains, was published in 2017, and has since become an international bestseller, published in twenty countries and fifteen languages. She holds an MA in Shakespeare studies from King’s College London and Shakespeare’s Globe, and a PhD in English literature from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research explores representations of madness and mood disorder on the early modern stage. She lives in Washington, D. C. with too many books, too many records, and a mutt called Marlowe.

Ellie Keel is an award-winning producer and campaigner. She is the Founder Director of The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, a literary prize and campaign for gender equality among writers for the stage in the UK and Ireland. In 2022 she was the youngest producer ever to be shortlisted for Producer of the Year in The Stage Awards. She is based in London.

Please note: Book and ticket option includes a copy of Graveyard Shift (RRP. £14.99) available for collection on the night.