About the Author

Katy Wix is a Welsh actor, writer and artist.She is best known for the TV shows Stath Lets Flats, Taskmaster and Ghosts. She has written two series of her own Radio 4 sitcom, Bird Island. She has written two acclaimed books of monologues for women. Delicacy is her first non-fiction book. She lives in London..

Reviews

A book that gets wiser, darker, and more brutally truthful every time you turn the page. Word of mouth is slowly turning it into a passionately recommended cult hit. A book you give a friend in trouble - like a shot of whisky, or a life raft. Or, like the book suggests, cake.
*Caitlin Moran*

A layer cake of truth, pain and wisdom iced with charm. I loved it.
*Sue Perkins*

Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing.
*The i Paper*

Raw, profound and relatable.
*Stylist*

Painfully raw and incredibly funny
*Simon Amstell*

A book that offers many pleasures . . . hectically funny, eloquently angry.
*TLS*

Heartbreaking, ridiculously clever and laugh out loud funny. One of the best books on trauma I've ever read.
*Scarlett Curtis*

Gentle, heartbreaking, laugh out loud funny and poetically told - an intimate memoir that stays with you
*Rose Matafeo*

Katy sees the world like no one else and deciphers it with extraordinary beauty. Delicacy took my breath away
*Lolly Adefope*

Honest, raw, profound, deeply moving and funny
*Bridget Christie*

Wix is such an astonishingly good writer that she makes this into an unlikely page-turner. She turns her pain into poetry: intimate, candid, exquisitely described, deftly using words rich with grace, pain and power.
*Chortle*

Fabulous story-telling and completely delicious writing
*Cariad Lloyd*

A stunning book in which darkness and light, tragedy and humour, pain and hope are all masterfully, affectingly balanced.
*Liam Williams*

Brilliantly original, funny and insightful. Dry and comic, but also very moving. I absolute loved Delicacy
*Katy Brand*

Painfully vivid . . . insightful.
*Sunday Express*

Deeply comforting in how relatable it is, hilarious, and moving. I felt like this book was my best friend as soon as I started reading it
*Mae Martin*

Brimming with graceful, charming writing - this book perfectly encapsulates so many moments we face as girls and women and I only wish I'd read it sooner
*Kiri Pritchard-McLean*

An exquisite and important book. Delicacy is funny and sad and beautiful
*Maeve Higgins*

Katy has one of the most singular and enviable minds working today (and tomorrow)
*Jamie Demetriou*

Wix is showing a different side to herself, not only demonstrating her talents as a gifted writer but laying bare traumatic parts of her life with an honesty and openness that might surprise fans of her TV work.
*The Sunday Post*

It is mesmerisingly good.
*The i paper*

Hilarious, heartbreaking...She's a writer with impressive range, and Delicacy is entertaining and affecting.
*Observer*

Mesmerising . . . an extraordinary piece of writing
*The i paper*