Diana Reid on taking the publishing world by storm, and her new novel Signs of Damage

This week's guest is the incredible author Diana Reid, whose new novel Signs of Damage is coming out on March 4th 2025.Signs of Damage is Diana’s third novel published by Ultimo Press, and comes off the back of the success of her first two books Love & Virtue and Seeing Other People. The plot is inspired by the notion of “terrible things happening in beautiful places” (think White Lotus, The Beach), otherwise known as the genre “summer noir."Dialling in via Zoom from London, Diana breaks down her writing process, talks how to build a literary career after first getting published, and goes into what it means to get comfortable with the fact that embracing a creative career versus locking into corporate life means embracing a life path that is inherently non-linear.This was a special conversation for Tash, who remembers being at uni with Diana doing a skit show called Law Revue together, and being blown away by her writing chops all the way back in 2015.Here’s Diana Reid.