The Husbands

The Husband Generator is a little toy that I originally made to help me write my novel The Husbands, a way of thinking about men who might exist and who might climb down from Lauren's attic. It randomly recombines different hobbies and names and habits to create millions of possible husbands. We figured we'd pop it online so that everyone can have the fun of generating their own.

The Husbands is out now in print, ebook and audiobook from Chatto (UK), Doubleday (US) and Doubleday Canada. You can buy it pretty much anywhere, or request it at your local library.

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The Husband Generator was built in Tracery, and this online version was built by Rich Holman.