Coco Mellors is a true cosmopolitan, having grown up in London before moving to New York at 15 with her father, where she discovered downtown Manhattan, attended New York University for her MFA in creative writing and wrote her first novel, “Cleopatra and Frankenstein.” 

“There’s just something about the sort of vibrancy and eclectic burst of cities. If you’re interested in people, there’s no better place to be than a city. You’re in close proximity to others at all times,” said Mellors.

Mellors described herself as a “city person to my core,” and said it was only natural to set her works in large, densely populated cities. In her first novel, a character-driven story on relationships and phases of life, Mellors focuses mostly on Downtown Manhattan, though the characters also spend time in New Jersey, Los Angeles and Brooklyn.