Lucy Sixsmith

Lucy Sixsmith is a writer and researcher in English literature and the history of books and reading. She is a Junior Research Fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge.

In her powerful memoir, When the Music Fades, Lucy Sixsmith revisits the experience of growing up in the Soul Survivor generation. From the euphoric highs of worship tents and passionate songs to the quiet reckoning of adulthood, Sixsmith traces her journey through the charismatic culture of Soul Survivor, a movement that promised transformation, belonging, and divine purpose.

With clarity, compassion, and wit, she explores the longing for purpose, the dangers of power, and the cost of unquestioning faith. When the Music Fades offers a vital reckoning with the past, and a search for grace in what remains.

Lucy speaks to those still in church, those who’ve left, and those in between– offering space to reflect, grieve, and reimagine faith. When the Music Fades unpacks evangelical culture with clarity and compassion, exploring power, surrender, and the quiet courage of moving forward.