Aifric Campbell

THE LOVE MAKERS (2021) is Aifric Campbell's 4th book and combines her novel, Scarlett and Gurl, with contributor essays to ask what is the future of love? "Wild, innovative and alive with intelligence and imagination ... a dark Thelma & Louise for the AI generation." (Arifa Akbar, Guardian) "... a suspenseful, plausible near-future road trip published alongside essays by experts in fields ranging from robotics and artificial intelligence to law and ethics. It deserves attention." (Lisa Tuttle, Guardian) "A brilliant exploration of all the subtle ways that AI challenges our understanding of motherhood, friends and romantic love." (Louisa Hall) Aifric's previous novels: ON THE FLOOR, longlisted for the 2012 ORANGE PRIZE and inspired by her years working on the trading floor at Morgan Stanley, "plunges straight into the financial world’s heart of darkness." (LA Times); THE SEMANTICS OF MURDER, inspired by the unsolved murder of a brilliant mathematician at UCLA and THE LOSS ADJUSTOR, which tells the story of a young woman haunted by childhood tragedy. Aifric has written for the Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, received residencies at Yaddo and the Museum of Fine Art Houston and her speaking engagements include the LSE and The Global Economics Forum, Dublin. She grew up in Ireland, studied in Sweden and lives in London. She holds a PhD from UEA and teaches at Imperial College London. Follow her on www.aifriccampbell.com/Twitter/LinkedIn