Announcing: Carrie Kills A Man by Carrie Marshall
Photo: Eoin Carey
Keen to know the final author of our 2022 list? Meet Carrie Marshall! We’ll be publishing her memoir Carrie Kills A Man in November 2022, and you can pre-order yours here.
Carrie Kills A Man* is about growing up in a world that doesn’t want you, and about how it feels to throw a hand grenade into a perfect life. It’s the story of how a tattooed transgender rock singer killed a depressed suburban dad, and of the lessons you learn when you renounce all your privilege and power.
When more people think they’ve seen a ghost than met a trans person, it’s easy for bad actors to exploit that – and they do, as you can see from the headlines and online. But here’s the reality, from someone who’s living it. From coming out and navigating trans parenthood to the thrills of gender-bending pop stars, fashion disasters and looking like Velma Dinkley, this is a tale of ripping it up and starting again: Carrie’s story in all its fearless, frank and funny glory.
*“Spoiler: That man was me." – Carrie
Carrie is a writer, broadcaster and musician from Glasgow, where she lives with her two children, her greyhound and more guitars than are strictly necessary. She’s the singer in Glaswegian rock band HAVR, a familiar voice on BBC Radio Scotland and has been a regular contributor to all kinds of magazines, newspapers and websites for more than two decades; during that time she has also written, ghost-written or co-written more than a dozen non-fiction books, a radio documentary series, a novel and a lot of unsent Facebook posts. @carrieinglasgow
“I’m delighted, excited and a little bit frightened to have been invited into the 404 Ink family by Heather and Laura: I love their attitude, their bravery, their sense of humour and of course, their books,” says Carrie. “For me, being published by 404 Ink is like a Joy Division fan signing to Factory Records, if Factory was still going and everybody wasn’t incompetent or off their faces on drugs. 404 Ink have published some of my very favourite things, and I can’t think of anybody better to help me share this story and show you what it’s like to be one the people you constantly hear about but never from.”
For us, Carrie’s submission was a joy to land in our inbox. Having published some of her writing in our literary magazine a few years ago, we were already fans of her work, and from the first pages, Carrie Kills A Man was fizzing with life and laughter, dealing with the serious and sometimes not-so-serious sides of trans life, parenthood, and lessons learned along the way. We loved it, we learned a lot, we laughed a lot. We’re so thrilled that Carrie has entrusted us with her memoir.
We can’t wait for you all to read her story. You can pre-order your copy below:
