A World Between Us

About Lydia Syson

Lydia Syson is a fifth-generation North Londoner who now lives south of the river. She is working through her ambitions in a disorderly fashion. The publication of her first novel A WORLD BETWEEN US has taken a good few decades. During this time she went from being a BBC World Service radio listener in Botswana to a producer in London and then became a non-medical doctor and mother of four. She also wrote a biography of Britain's first fertility guru DOCTOR OF LOVE: JAMES GRAHAM AND HIS CELESTIAL BED learning a lot about enlightenment sex in the process. Getting to Timbuktu is still on the 'to do' list - it was the subject of her PhD thesis - but bilingualism and Hollywood musical stardom are looking increasingly unlikely. You can follow Lydia on www.lydiasyson.com or on Twitter: @lydiasyson