Mistress Pieces eBook

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An experimental exploration of love and madness

Framed within a queer love story, Mistress Pieces shows how madness can bring hope in the midst of chaos, broken relationships and loss. The narrator must navigate a broken past and a psychotic present to find joy in motherhood, friendship and a new attraction. This experimental novel takes us on a celebratory journey through madness.

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Publication date October 2025

An experimental exploration of love and madness

Framed within a queer love story, Mistress Pieces shows how madness can bring hope in the midst of chaos, broken relationships and loss. The narrator must navigate a broken past and a psychotic present to find joy in motherhood, friendship and a new attraction. This experimental novel takes us on a celebratory journey through madness.

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Publication date October 2025

About the Author

Jen Hyatt is a writer, performer and activist. She is a member of the Society of Authors. Mostly she writes for adults, but has also published the King of Kazam, a modern fairy tale picture book for children; wrote and performed in a one-woman comedy show about Modern Sin at the Edinburgh Festival; and hosted two popular podcasts featuring women writers.

Her non-fiction writing has been published by the Guardian, Forbes, and the World Economic Forum. 

Previously, she worked as a social entrepreneur founding over thirty nonprofit ventures internationally, raising £50m, and winning numerous awards including Red Magazine’s Digital Woman of the Year and Freeman of London. Her media and public speaking appearances include the BBC, TED and Davos. She was born queer and working class on a farm in rural Dorset and now lives in Edinburgh.