Naomi Elster has a PhD in breast cancer. Her first play, Scabs, premièred as part of the 10 Days in Dublin Festival in 2013 and subsequently transferred to Theatre Upstairs, Dublin, before being published by Lazy Bee Scripts. She has a number of other theatre pieces in development, and her fiction and nonfiction have been widely published, including The Guardian, The Establishment and Mosaics: an Anthology of Independent Women. You can connect with her on Twitter @Naomi_Elster.