The Rayburn Affair: A Novel

Art, ambition, and desire collide when an aspiring writer becomes entangled in the marriage and creative life of her literary idol.

By day, Dr Ruth Morgan lectures on ‘AI: the new frontier of storytelling.’ By night, she toils away at a collection of short stories, fantasising about a writing career to rival that of the internationally renowned Shelby Rayburn, a literary icon widely hailed as the voice of Ruth’s generation of women.

When Shelby and her husband, Oscar, make an appearance at a...