[3] Her first novel An Empty Room, a coming of age tale set in West London, was nominated for a number of awards.
[4] The Independent on Sunday called it a "triumphant read... What Stevenson describes with gobsmacking accuracy is our primal fear that life will unceremoniously unravel."
[6] The American novelist Jay McInerney saluted "an incredible talent" who "writes like a very old soul, with an exquisitely-tuned sensitivity to sin, guilt and sexual obsession".
In an interview with the American book blog booklush, Stevenson explained that she was writing an "intricate" new novel that deals with "painting and the contemporary art world".
[9] Stevenson writes for the Financial Times and other newspapers, contributing features and book reviews on literature, social history, celebrity, psychiatry, and other subjects.