"Denby is clearly a writer who has the capacity to get under the skin of the world she inhabits and to translate it for her readers."-Val McDermid

Billie is in her forties, running a little jewelry shop in Bradford, trying to live a quiet life, trying to forget the past. Because Billie has a lot of past to forget. She was a biker chick, one of the Devil's Own, the speed- and acid-fueled road demons. Her life was hurtling out of control, and it ended in murder. Now, years later, she has to face the consequences.

Joolz Denbywas born in 1955. She married an outlaw biker at 19. She lives in Bradford, Yorkshire.

"Billie Morgan, a 46-year-old gift shop owner, reminisces about her reckless past and the bloody secret that crippled her with its 'dirty stain of regret' in Brit Denby's gritty, forceful latest. After the death of her philandering father, a brutal rape and the steady neglect of her family, Billie joins a motorcycle gang called the Devil's Own and spirals down a path of self-destruction brightened primarily by her relationship with Mickey, an affectionate giant with a bad reputation. When a confrontation with Terry, a malevolent junkie, leads to murder, Billie and Mickey must cover it up. Billie has to learn to live with her guilt while supporting Jasmine, the heroin-addicted wife of the man she killed; Natty, her beloved, rebellious godson; and Monkey, Natty's faithful, handicapped best friend. This web of dependability is threatened when a reporter investigates Terry's 'disappearance,' fueling a chain of events that uncovers all kinds of skeletons. The diary format gives the book a raw power, and the creeping moral degradation is as fascinating as it is difficult to read about. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Joolz Denby was born in 1955 in the North of England. She married an outlaw biker at 19. She regularly tours with cult underground band New Model Army and is an internationally respected spoken word artist and illustrator. Her novel Billie Morgan was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction.