Four
***The paperback edition includes an exclusive deleted chapter***
'Sharp, powerful, tragic, addictive' Chris Whitaker
‘Dark, compelling and beguiling’ Kate Mosse
‘An engrossing read' The Sunday Times
‘Intensely gripping’ Karin Slaughter
‘Thrilling and deeply atmospheric’ Lucy Clarke
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Rose is sixteen when she arrives at High Realms boarding school, excited for the beginning of the rest of her life.
By the time she leaves, she and the three other scholarship students will have made the choices that decide their future.
Each one as heartbreaking and tragic as the last.
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Readers are RAVING about THE FOUR:
'A shockingly powerful debut… raw and unflinching, not for the faint of heart' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Beautifully written and utterly brutal' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Complex and heart wrenching and oh so gripping' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘If you can handle true emotional pain in your fiction, then don't let this one pass you by’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ellie Keel is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Four, an Olivier Award-nominated theatre producer, and the youngest ever winner of The Stage’s Producer of the Year Award. She is the Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, the leading award for female and non-binary playwrights from the UK and Ireland. With her company EKP, she has produced over twenty-five new plays to critical acclaim in London, at the Edinburgh Festivals, and on tour across the UK. Her journalism and short stories have appeared in The Guardian, The Daily Express, and The Stage. She is a Trustee of the Brontë Society and London Youth Theatre, and in 2017 she collaborated in the founding of leading LGBT+ youth charity, Just Like Us. Her first play, SKYE: A Thriller, debuted at Edinburgh Fringe in 2025. She lives in London.