In a YA debut set in the world of roller derby, perfect for fans of Whip It and Heartstopper, author Peach Morris brings us a coming-of-age romance with heartache and body-slamming to boot.
The TW Lit Festival is proud to host Peach Morris (they/them) as our first influencer and TikTok sensation whose book has been picked up because of their popularity on BookTok and relevance to a youth audience.
Peach Morris is a queer, disabled writer living in Bristol, UK. Peach has been skating and officiating since 2011 for various roller derby teams, and co-founded and coached the B-Town Brawlers from 2014 to 2018. They were the writer in residence at Trans Pride Brighton, and had a short story, “Pivot,” published in For Books’ Sake’s Derby Shorts. Learning to Fall is their first novel.
