Hackney based author Kerry Hudson talks about her work at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. Her first novel, TONY HOGAN BOUGHT ME AN ICE-CREAM FLOAT BEFORE HE STOLE MY MA was winner of the Scottish First Book Award and has been shortlisted for the Southbank Sky Arts Literature Award, Guardian First Book Award,  Green Carnation Prize, Author’s Club First Novel Prize and the Polari First Book Award.