Please sponsor me to raise money for my favourite charity - Only Connect - whose aim is the rehabilitation and resettlement of ex-offenders through their participation in the dramatic arts. Please visit the website to read more: www.oclondon.org

I am taking on my husband Olly, my editor,  my agent and their teams from Little, Brown and LAW literary agency respectively. I am hoping to beat them all but will be content with just beating Olly!

Incidentally, we will all be humiliating ourselves by racing in t-shirts emblazoned with the words RUN FAT BITCH RUN - the title of my book.  Please give what you can.  Love, Ruth

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