Sadly, I am a widow. But happily, I got to share forty-two fabulous years with Nigel – my funny, joyful, incomparable husband, soulmate and best-friend. I am mum to a charismatic son very much like his father and two delightful daughters, also very much like their father, with a tiny bit of me chucked intoContinue reading “Julie Casson”
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Sorrel Pitts
I have wanted to be a writer all my life. As a child I wrote reams, filling whole notepads until they formed a tall stack in the corner of my bedroom. I was always a bit of a loner at school, preferring my own company to others. I tended to live in a bit ofContinue reading “Sorrel Pitts”
Carole Hailey
I’d always wanted to write novels, but I became a lawyer instead. After twenty years of being a lawyer in London I finally took the plunge, gave up my career and did an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. It took another eight years before my debut (which was actually the thirdContinue reading “Carole Hailey”
Nick McLoughlin
Nick is 54, married, with two teenage children aged 19 and 15 respectively. He grew up in Derby, where his novel is set, but has lived in the French Alps for almost 30 years. He spends his time reading, running, and skiing, as well as coaching kids and adult football, both male and female. MeetContinue reading “Nick McLoughlin”
L.J Shepherd
I was born and raised in Redditch, Worcestershire. Having completed an English degree, I first started taking my writing seriously in my 20s. At the same time, I had to find a job to pay the bills, so I decided to train to become a barrister. While studying in Birmingham, I also taught martial artsContinue reading “L.J Shepherd”
Alexandra Benedict
Despite wanting to be a writer since she was four years old, Alexandra took the scenic route, becoming an indie-rock singer, a composer for film and TV, an actor, and a university lecturer, before writing full time. She lives by the sea in Eastbourne with her husband, writer Guy Adams, their daughter Verity, and theirContinue reading “Alexandra Benedict”
Zohra Nabi
I’m twenty-four and live in a multi-generational household in south-west London. I was a law student who wrote stories for my own enjoyment, and always dreamed of being a writer, but never really saw it as something I could pursue. When the pandemic hit in my last year of university. I used money I hadContinue reading “Zohra Nabi”
Tom Mead
Tom Mead’s short fiction has appeared in publications ranging from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine to The Best Mystery Stories of the Year, and his debut locked-room mystery novel Death and the Conjuror (Mysterious Press, 2022; Head of Zeus, 2023) was an international bestseller, and named one of the best mysteries of 2022 by Publishers Weekly.Continue reading “Tom Mead”
Essie Fox
Hello, I’m Essie Fox, and it’s lovely to be here on the Books By Your Bedside blog. I was born in Herefordshire and left home at eighteen to study English Literature at Sheffield University. From there, I moved to London where I worked for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine, and then the publishers Allen & UnwinContinue reading “Essie Fox”
Samantha Baines
Samantha Baines is an award-winning comedian, actress, broadcaster and a bestselling author of non-fiction, and children’s fiction. She is a deaf activist and wears hearing aids, and often creates deaf protagonists, such as in Harriet Versus the Galaxy, and The Night the Moon Went Out. In 2023, she published Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness,Continue reading “Samantha Baines”
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