I have worked with Sarah on Tipping The Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith, The Night Watch, The Little Stranger & The Paying Guests. “Sally was one of the earliest readers of my first novel, Tipping the Velvet, while it was still in draft form: she gave me brilliantly helpful feedback, encouragement and support, and really helped to keep me committed to the book in the face of the various rejections I was