Welcome to the official website for Andy Howden, author of two contemporary novels:
Melting in the Middle and
Coming Clean.
Coming Clean
A political thriller in which a Bulgarian maid discovers career-destroying secrets about the likely next British Prime Minister. Can she reveal the truth about him, without coming clean about her own life?
Melting in the Middle
Long-listed for the Exeter Novel Prize, Melting in the Middle is a literary comedy about redemption, second chances – and chocolate - played out amid the madness of modern life.
“The dialogue zips along at a pace that keeps the reader on their toes without running out of breath.”
— Ian McMillan, poet, author and presenter of The Verb on BBC Radio 3
The Author
Andy Howden grew up in Yorkshire and read English Literature at the University of Sheffield, before a career in market research took him to London.
Coming Clean is his second novel, released in October 2024.
His first, Melting in the Middle, emerged from an MA in Creative Writing at St Mary’s University and was long-listed for the Exeter Novel Prize.
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