Clementine Taylor

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Clementine grew up in Oxford. After completing a BA in Theology & Religious Studies and an MPhil in Gender Studies, she spent a few years working as a researcher in Cambridge and London. Currently, she lives (back) in Oxford, where she is studying for a doctorate on AI and gender. SOMETHING ABOUT HER is her debut novel and was published by Putnam (PRH) in November 2023.

Praise for SOMETHING ABOUT HER:

"The swooning swirl of infatuation is well captured in Taylor’s poetically tinged prose” - The Times

"This book put me under its spell and refused to let go. Iridescent and joyful, reading it feels a bit like falling in love" - Bobby Palmer, author of ISAAC & THE EGG

“[A] raw debut…Taylor beautifully portrays the progression of the girls’ emotional intimacy. This shows promise" - Publishers Weekly

“A poignant love story [that] explores the emotional complexities of first love and how what we carry into relationships can lift us up and weigh us down" - Shondaland

“[A] delicate and consuming coming-of-age tale" - Pop Sugar

"“[A] sweet, coming-of-age, debut novel following the first queer love story of two undergrads, set in Ireland and Scotland" - NYLON.

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SOMETHING ABOUT HER 2023 Putnam	A heartfelt and delicately crafted debut novel about two young women who become entangled in one another and embark on a surprising journey of self-discovery and modern love. Aisling and Maya’s connection is unexpected. Maya has recently returned to the University of Edinburgh for her second year, confident in her place there and in her first proper relationship with her childhood best friend, Ethan. Finally, she is one of them, those happy couples, self-satisfied in the knowledge that they are one half of something solid. Aisling is a first-year student from Ireland, ready to leave her controlling family behind. But despite the distance, she still feels claustrophobic, still feels watched. Reeling from her break-up with her ex-girlfriend, she struggles to make friends and finds herself isolated. That is, until Aisling joins the Poetry Society. That’s where she meets Maya, and everything changes. Moving between Ireland, Scotland, and London, Something About Her is a story about the fragility and transformative power of first love. With vivid insight and tenderness, it exposes the fear, hope, and longing that can consume us, particularly when there’s so much you still don’t know about love, about life, and about yourself.

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SOMETHING ABOUT HER

2023

Putnam

A heartfelt and delicately crafted debut novel about two young women who become entangled in one another and embark on a surprising journey of self-discovery and modern love.

Aisling and Maya’s connection is unexpected. Maya has recently returned to the University of Edinburgh for her second year, confident in her place there and in her first proper relationship with her childhood best friend, Ethan. Finally, she is one of them, those happy couples, self-satisfied in the knowledge that they are one half of something solid.

Aisling is a first-year student from Ireland, ready to leave her controlling family behind. But despite the distance, she still feels claustrophobic, still feels watched. Reeling from her break-up with her ex-girlfriend, she struggles to make friends and finds herself isolated. That is, until Aisling joins the Poetry Society. That’s where she meets Maya, and everything changes.

Moving between Ireland, Scotland, and London, Something About Her is a story about the fragility and transformative power of first love. With vivid insight and tenderness, it exposes the fear, hope, and longing that can consume us, particularly when there’s so much you still don’t know about love, about life, and about yourself.