Matilda Leyser is the author of No Season but the Summer, a novel that combines the Greek Persephone myth with modern day England, climate change, and, ultimately, a story about mother-daughter relationships.

But being a novelist is just one of her second chapter stories, after running away from words to join the circus (amongst other things!)

Matilda is a theatre-maker, writer and artistic director of Mothers Who Make. Prior to becoming a mother she worked for 10 years as a circus aerialist, collaborating with diverse theatre and dance companies and making her own work. She came down to earth in 2008 and became an Associate Director with Improbable. She became a mother in 2012 and considers motherhood, and her writing, to be far more dangerous endeavours than being a circus aerialist.

You can find more about Matilda and her various pursuits at:

www.matildaleyser.co.uk

https://motherswhomake.org

https://www.improbable.co.uk

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