Cleaner

'Mrs. Hinch meets Raven Leilani's Luster' Elle 'Gen Z's Lady Macbeth' Times Literary Supplement 'Gem of a debut novel... funny, vibrant and utterly unpredictable.' Service95 (Dua Lipa's cultural concierge), August's Best New Releases 'Sharp, funny and engaging' Daily Mail GQ Best Books of 2025 A LOVE READING DEBUT OF THE MONTH, STAR BOOK AND BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK A woman in her mid-twenties moves back home to live with her parents, where her listlessness fuels an obsession with cleaning, and sets in motion a series of events that lead to her posing as a model in a nude gallery where she encounters a woman whose life will intertwine with her own. 'An utterly unflinching debut novel about becoming adrift: a rare and profound book about loneliness, self-expression and disillusionment, featuring sex, love, drugs ¿ and cleaning' Ian Sansom 'A tremendous display of talent' Gonzalo Ceron Garcia, author of We Are The End

Jess Shannon was born and raised in Birmingham. She is a proud graduate of the University of Warwick Writing Programme, completing her degree in Literature and Writing in 2020 and her Masters in Writing in 2021. She lives and works in Solihull and hates cleaning.