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Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
Her debut book, Breaking Waves: Discovery, Healing and Inspiration in the Open Water, was published in March 2025 by Icon Books. Breaking Waves is an exploration into the primal powers of femininity and water and has received consistent 5-star reviews. Emma intertwines stories of women around the world with her own experiences, taking the reader on an uplifting journey of hope and renewal; celebrating community, connection, and the power of rewriting your own life story.
A trained tea sommelier, Emma is currently working on her second book, rooted in her passion for tea. Blending memoir and cultural history, this is a modern love story with a twist. The shared love of tea frames the narrative, providing both a literal setting for pivotal moments as well as a symbolic thread throughout representing moments of pause, comfort and ways of coming together.
Emma lives in Surrey with her fire-fighter husband, two teenage daughters and a sixty-year-old tortoise. She can generally be found swimming in rivers in a bikini in the snow, drinking tea with friends or embarrassing her children with her compulsion to talk with anyone she meets.
Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
Her debut book, Breaking Waves: Discovery, Healing and Inspiration in the Open Water, was published in March 2025 by Icon Books. Breaking Waves is an exploration into the primal powers of femininity and water and has received consistent 5-star reviews. Emma intertwines stories of women around the world with her own experiences, taking the reader on an uplifting journey of hope and renewal; celebrating community, connection, and the power of rewriting your own life story.
A trained tea sommelier, Emma is currently working on her second book, rooted in her passion for tea. Blending memoir and cultural history, this is a modern love story with a twist. The shared love of tea frames the narrative, providing both a literal setting for pivotal moments as well as a symbolic thread throughout representing moments of pause, comfort and ways of coming together.
Emma lives in Surrey with her fire-fighter husband, two teenage daughters and a sixty-year-old tortoise. She can generally be found swimming in rivers in a bikini in the snow, drinking tea with friends or embarrassing her children with her compulsion to talk with anyone she meets.
Author: Emma Simpson
Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir
A warm, reflective, and uplifting memoir about healing wounds, reclaiming a voice and discovering freedom through the open water.
The open water. To the uninitiated, it represents the unknown, an expanse of mystery and uncertainty. But to those who brave the wild waters, it is so much more. A space to heal. A place of communion. A balm to quieten the mind, soothe the soul, and allow you to reconnect with the world and yourself.
Emma Simpson discovered wild swimming after a period of immense pain. Lost in grief, disillusioned with life, and feeling increasingly untethered from the world, she instinctively felt the pull of the water. There she found an unexpected source of hope and strength, a profound sense of connection, and a glorious sisterhood of women – each with their own remarkable stories to tell.
Interweaving the tales of these inspirational women with reflections on her own experiences, Emma explores themes ranging from devastating loss to birth and rebirth; chronic illness to body confidence. Whether describing the taste of an iceberg or a kiss from a baby whale, Breaking Waves is a love letter to womanhood and the open water. It’s also a celebration of community, renewal and the power of writing your own life story. Above all else, it is a joyous celebration of going with the flow.