Jessica Rudd

When she gets the email announcing her redundancy, Ruby Stanhope hopes to maintain the composure expected of your average London investment banker. Instead, the next day's hangover brings two unfortunate discoveries. First, her impromptu reply to the bosses has gone viral, published everywhere from Facebook to the Financial Times. Second, she has a non-refundable, same-day ticket to Melbourne, thanks to...

'Answer the question, Ruby.' 'There was no question.' 'Are you or are you not planning to use a trip to the United States to skip your birthday?' 'I will be crossing the international dateline at the time, rendering me twenty-nine forever more.' In Campaign Ruby, the novel where it all began, Ruby managed to get: drunk, the Leader of the...