Candy Guard

Candy Guard established her reputation for comic observation and witty
dialogue with thirteen animated shorts for Channel 4, MTV and the BBC.

Alongside a highly successful strip cartoon in the Observer magazine, Candy
created Pond Life, an animated sitcom for Channel 4 that won numerous
awards and both critical and popular acclaim.

Despite the fact that Candy only read comics as a child, didn't read a book
until she was 15 and cites her biggest influnece as Beryl the Peryl, she she
seems to have written her first novel.

Edie Dudman is in a rut.

Having been mentally paralysed since she started going out with Steve the Bastard and failing her A' levels, Edie is feeling a fresh sense of urgency that she must leave her ex-life behind and start on a new one.

These are the things she feels she should be doing: Clubbing. Travelling. Having Fun. Feeling Great. Showing her Midriff. Having a Career. Splitting up with Steve.

These are the things she is doing: Staying In. Waiting at Bus Stops. Having Regrets. Covering her Bum with Old Men's Cardis. Phoning Steve.