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  • Armstrong, J. Patrick

    Thriller – The Book Guild : J. Patrick Armstrong grew up on the south coast of England. After leaving school, he worked as a hairdresser and barber before returning to full-time education at Weymouth College and the University of Glasgow, where he achieved a First Class degree and PhD in…

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  • Armstrong, Sally

    Memoir – History Press : SALLY ARMSTRONG originally qualified as a teacher but soon joined BA cabin crew aboard 747s. Seven years later she was accepted onto the Concorde fleet which she flew for 8 years. She has written several novels including Racers, her insider view of Formula One.

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  • Aziz, Christine

    Women’s Fiction / Children’s – Everything With Words / Pan Macmillan : ​​Christine Aziz is an award-winning writer and former journalist. Her debut children’s book, *The Kingdom of Broken Magic*, was published in October 2023. She has been long listed for the Bridport and Mslexia Poetry Prizes and is winner…

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  • Baynham, Jan

    Historical Romance – Joffe Books/ Choc Lit: I live in Cardiff with my husband and write dual narrative, dual timeline novels about families and their secrets. Fascinated by ‘skeletons lurking in cupboards’, I like to explore how decisions and actions taken by family members from one generation impact on the…

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  • Berry, Amelia

    Romance, Women’s Fiction, Romantic Comedy – Hera Books : Amelia Berry, aka Alison May, is a novelist, short story writer, editor and writing tutor, based in Worcester, where she lives with her husband. No kids. No pets. There were goldfish once. That ended badly. Amelia writes romantic comedies as Amelia,…

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  • Blackburn, Mark

    Memoir – Claret Press : ​​Mark was a shoe seller in London and is now a writer in Somerset. He was the runner-up in last year’s Ruth Rendell Short Story Prize and his new book Final Approach: My Father and Other Turbulence is published by Claret Press. Extracts have already…

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  • Chinn, Jo

    Family Saga – The Book Guild : I’m Jo, a former Police Superintendent who retired from the Metropolitan Police in 2015 after thirty years of public service. I live in The New Forest in Hampshire with my husband, and our German Shepherd dog, Jessy. When I’m not writing, I enjoy…

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  • Clarke, Lucy

    Thrillers – HarperCollins : Sunday Times bestseller, Lucy Clarke, is the author of eight destination thrillers, which include Waterstones Thriller of the Month, The Castaways, and Richard and Judy Book Club pick, One of the Girls. Lucy’s novels have sold over a million copies in the UK alone and are…

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  • Cole, Carol

    Crime / Police Procedural – The Book Folks / Joffee Books : ​​Crime fiction writer of the Murder in the New Forest series featuring DI Callum MacLean. All the books are set in the New Forest, in real locations. Find out more about me here. Publisher: https://thebookfolks.com/ Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/carolcole1212/ Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/carol.cole.58511276

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  • Collingwood Hurst, Mary

    Hello everyone – my name is Mary Collingwood Hurst, and I have had seven books published so far – I do not have a genre as I am a fairly eclectic writer putting down on paper whatever comes into my head! I have been passionate about writing all my life…

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