Golden Rule was published in 2020 and was widely acclaimed as a "wry comedy-cum-thriller reimagining of Patricia Highsmith Strangers on a Train and Beauty and the Beast", with Craig's skill as a "State of the Nation novelist" depicting a "starkly divided" Britain noted in addition to "offering comfort and wit, compassion and philosophical speculation." The Golden Rule was longlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize for fiction. Craig is particularly interested in fairytales and children's fiction, and was one of the first critics to praise J. K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Cressida Cowell, Stephenie Meyer, Anthony Horowitz, Malorie Blackman and Suzanne Collins. Following her struggle to get A Vicious Circle published, she became an active campaigner with International PEN for the reform of UK libel laws. In an opinion piece in The Independent, Craig asked why fiction remains obsessed by historical fiction and neglects the contemporary, saying she has "set out to take the DNA of a Victorian novel – its spirit of realism, its strong plot, its cast of characters who are not passively shaped by circumstances but who rise to challenges or escape them." She has said in interviews that she considers writing contemporary fiction to be "a moral duty". Other Craig's short stories have been published in Good Housekeeping, The Mail on Sunday, the Sunday Express, the New Statesman and collections such as Valentine's Day Duckworth and Good Housekeeping Great Escapes in support of Childline. In 2011, she contributed the short story "Red Berries" to an anthology supporting the Woodland Trust. The anthology, Why Willows Weep, has so far helped the Woodland Trust plant approximately 50,000 trees, and was re-released in paperback format in 2016. In 2017 she contributed the short story "Metamorphosis 2" about a celebrity inspired by Katie Hopkins who transforms into a gigantic cockroach to the anthology A Country of Refuge supporting refugees. Personal life Craig is married to British economist Rob Cohen, with whom she has two children. She lives in London and Devon. Bibliography Books A Private Place (1991), Hutchinson A Vicious Circle (1996), 4th Estate In a Dark Wood (2000), 4th Estate Love in Idleness (2003), Little, Brown UK Hearts and Minds (2009), Little, Brown UK The Other Side of You (novella) (2017), Little, Brown UK The Lie of the Land (2017), Little, Brown UK The Golden Rule (2020), Little, Brown UK Book reviews References External links Audio slideshow interview with Amanda Craig