Laetitia Rutherford grew up in London, apart from holidays spent with her maternal family in France. She read English at Balliol College, Oxford, then started working in publishing first at Prospect magazine and then at HarperCollins. Five years later, she gained a Masters in 20th Century Literature from Goldsmiths College, before returning to work and becoming a literary agent. In ... Read moreher spare time, she set up Nibfest, a new literary festival in Notting Hill its inaugural outing was in April 2013. She is married to film director James Erksine and they live in London with their son. Show Less