Praise for Mark Gartside 'Gartside's warm, thoughtful, emotionally honest treatment of the process of becoming a man, especially handling responsibility for others in the face of loss, is a promising debut from a writer not afraid to show his feminine side' Daily Mail 'A lovely, heartwarming book about a widowed father, his son and the loves in their lives,which jumps back and forth between the 1990s and 2009. Most enjoyable' Bookseller 'Touching, unsentimental novel about single fatherhood' Sainsbury's Magazine 'Mark Gartside's debut novel tells a gripping story of love, laughter and tears' Lifestyle North East 'What Will Survive has all the ingredients for tear-jerking chick-lit but with thought-provoking discussions about class, a strong male voice and an unmistakable northerness this debut novel has a far bigger reach' Big Issue In the North

Mark Gartside was born in Warrington in the 1970s. He currently lives in Maine, USA, with his wife and two sons. The Last to Know is his second novel.