. ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 6 , ▁B id ish a ▁signed ▁a ▁£ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁book ▁deal ▁with ▁Har per Coll ins . ▁Her ▁first ▁novel , ▁Se ah ors es , ▁was ▁published ▁two ▁years ▁later , ▁during ▁her ▁first ▁year ▁at ▁university . ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁she ▁also ▁had ▁regular ▁opinion ▁columns ▁in ▁The ▁Big ▁Issue ▁magazine , ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph ▁and ▁the ▁Th urs day ▁edition ▁of ▁The ▁Independent ▁newspaper . ▁B id ish a ' s ▁second ▁novel , ▁the ▁thr iller ▁To o ▁Fast ▁to ▁Live , ▁was ▁published ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁ 2 1 . ▁Her ▁third ▁book , ▁Ven et ian ▁Masters ▁– ▁a ▁travel ▁mem oir ▁– ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁women ' s ▁literary ▁magazine ▁Sib yl ▁and ▁the ▁style ▁magazine ▁ 2 nd ▁Generation , ▁and ▁has ▁written ▁for ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁the ▁Fin an cial ▁Times , ▁M s lex ia , ▁The ▁Ob server , ▁New ▁States man , ▁and ▁arts ▁magazine ▁The ▁List . ▁ ▁International ▁affairs ▁were ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁Ven et ian ▁Masters ▁( 2 0 0 8 ), ▁which ▁focused ▁on ▁Northern ▁Italy , ▁and ▁Bey ond ▁the ▁Wall ▁( 2 0 1 2 ), ▁a ▁work ▁of ▁report age ▁from ▁Palest ine . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁she ▁became ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁International