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Rising Writers

Alexis Soloski

Alexis Soloski is a prize-winning New York Times theater critic and a former lead theater critic at the Village Voice. She has taught at Barnard College and at Columbia University, where she earned her PhD in Theater. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. Here in the Dark is her first novel.

Here in the Dark

Here in the Dark

Alexis Soloski

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Ashley Elston

Ashley Elston is the author of First Lie Wins. he graduated with a Liberal Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Ashley worked for many years as a wedding photographer before turning her hand to writing. Ashley lives in Louisiana with her husband and three sons.

First Lie Wins : THE MUST-READ SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2024

First Lie Wins : THE MUST-READ SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2024

Ashley Elston

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Fiona Williams

Fiona Williams is a prose writer who has a love of literary and nature writing, and magical realism. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences from the University of Westminster and had a long career as a medical writer for the science and pharmaceutical industries before switching to writing fiction. Born and raised in Catford, in South-East London, she later lived in Singapore and Australia, before returning to the UK and building her own narrowboat. She now lives with her husband and two children in the West Country, where her writing focuses primarily on rurality and the relationships between identity, belonging, nature and landscape.

The House of Broken Bricks : 'Shocking and powerful . . . This is the best kind of story telling.' Victoria Hislop

The House of Broken Bricks : 'Shocking and powerful . . . This is the best kind of story telling.' Victoria Hislop

Fiona Williams

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Leo Vardashvili

Leo Vardiashvili came to the United Kingdom with his family as a refugee from Georgia when he was thirteen years old. He studied English Literature at Queen Mary College, University of London and now works in the financial sector. He is in his early forties and this is his first novel.

Hard by a Great Forest

Hard by a Great Forest

Leo Vardiashvili

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Nima Patel

Nima Patel is a psychology graduate, parenting coach, children’s author and former primary school teacher, with a family background of over 30 years’ experience in early years education. While academic knowledge is crucial, Nima believes developing emotional intelligence equips children with the tools they need to thrive in a complex world and that developing these skills at an early age will instil an empowered sense of self and act as a blueprint for adult life. Combining her two passions in life: self-development and teaching, she has passionately created the brand Mindful Champs, with a mission to bring an emotional education into the lives of children.

The Best You

The Best You

Nima Patel

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R. L Graham

R. L. Graham is a husband-and-wife team of historians and writers with a broad range of interests in many periods of history, including the belle époque and the tumultuous years leading up to the First World War and the post-war re-ordering of the world. They are very much drawn to the shadowy world of crime, espionage and political intrigue. They are particularly fascinated by historical mysteries: things which have happened but have no apparent explanation. Originally from Canada, they now live in a small village in Devon. Marilyn Livingstone, one half of R. L. Graham, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while this book was being written. She passed away in September 2023

Death on the Lusitania : 'An Instant Classic' Daily Mail

Death on the Lusitania : 'An Instant Classic' Daily Mail

R. L. Graham

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Sheena Dempsey

Sheena Dempsey is an illustrator whose books have won several awards including the Sheffield Book Awards for Yoga Babies by Fearne Cotton and Surrey Libraries' Children's Book Award for Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow. She has also been shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award. The graphic novel Pablo and Splash is Sheena's first work as author and illustrator. It grew out of a web-comic she created during the pandemic lockdowns that featured her and her husband as penguins! Sheena was born in Cork, Ireland, but now lives in Folkestone, Kent.

Pablo and Splash : the hilarious kids' graphic novel

Pablo and Splash : the hilarious kids' graphic novel

Sheena Dempsey

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Vanessa Chan

Vanessa Chan is a Malaysian writer. The Storm We Made is her debut novel and will be published in twenty languages and territories worldwide. Vanessa's other work has been published in Electric Lit, Kenyo n Review, and more. She is now based mostly in Brooklyn.

The Storm We Made : an unputdownable and heartbreaking World War Two novel

The Storm We Made : an unputdownable and heartbreaking World War Two novel

Vanessa Chan

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