Author Of The Month

Previous Authors Of The Month

January 2024 - Antony Johnston

Antony Johnston’s career has spanned books, award-winning video games and graphic novels including collaborations with Anthony Horowitz and Alan Moore. He wrote the New York Times bestseller Daredev…

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Natalie Jenner

February 2023 - Natalie Jenner

Natalie Jenner's debut novel The Jane Austen Society was an instant international bestseller. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie has been a corporate lawyer, career coach and, most recently…

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January 2023 - Stephanie Austin

Stephanie Austin has enjoyed a varied career, working as an artist and an antiques trader, but also for the Devon Schools Library Service. When not writing she is actively involved in amateur theatre …

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Anna Jacobs

February 2022 - Anna Jacobs

Anna Jacobs was born in Lancashire at the beginning of the Second World War. She has lived in different parts of England as well as Australia and has enjoyed setting her modern and historical novels i…

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January 2022 - Barbara Mutch

Barbara was born and brought up in South Africa, the granddaughter of Irish immigrants. Before embarking on a writing career, she launched and managed a number of businesses both in South Africa and t…

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February 2021 - Gary Donnelly

Gary Donnelly is a writer and teacher who was born and raised in west Belfast. After attending a state comprehensive school, he read History at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and has lived and work…

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January 2021 - Kwei Quartey

Kwei Quartey was born in Ghana, but moved to the USA to complete his medical training. He practised as a physician for more than twenty-five years while simultaneously writing, before deciding to beco…

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February 2020 - Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly was born in 1957 and is the son of a Scotland Yard detective. He went to university in Sheffield, later training as a journalist and worked on the Bedfordshire Times, Yorkshire Evening Press…

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January 2020 - Margaret Kaine

Born and educated in Stoke-on-Trent, Margaret Kaine now lives in Eastbourne.  The Black Silk Purse is her second romantic historical novel set in the Edwardian era, following publication of Dange…

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Rosie Howard author

February 2019 - Rosie Howard

With a father in the forces and the diplomatic corps, Rosie Howard spent much of her childhood in UK boarding schools, joining her parents in exotic destinations during holidays. After obtaining a deg…

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January 2019 - Barbara Nadel

Barbara Nadel was born and brought up in the East End of London. She has a degree in psychology and, prior to becoming a full-time author, she worked in psychiatric institutions and in the community w…

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February 2018 - David Hingley

Originally from the Midlands, David Hingley worked in the Civil Service before leaving to fulfil his long-term ambition to write. Having spent three years in New York, David returned to the UK in 2016…

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January 2018 - L C Tyler

L C Tyler was born in Southend-on-Sea and educated at Oxford and City Universities. He has won awards for his writing, including the CWA Short Story Dagger and the Last Laugh Award (twice). He is a pa…

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February 2017 - Georgia Hunter

When Georgia Hunter was fifteen years old, she learned that she came from a family of Holocaust survivors. We Were the Lucky Ones was born of her quest to uncover her family’…

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January 2017 - Laurie R King

LAURIE R KING has has been writing crime fiction since 1987 and won many awards for her work in fiction including the prestigious John Creasey Dagger, the Edgar, the Nero and Macavity Awards. Her…

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