Liz Kessler has written eighteen books for children and young adults, which have now been published in almost 30 countries, and has sold in total over five million books. Read Me Like A Book has been described by Sarah Waters as, 'a warm, funny, engaging novel about friendship, family and following your heart’. It features a year in the life of seventeen-year-old Ashleigh as she navigates many changes in her life, including falling in love with her English teacher and coming out as lesbian.