Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are.
Cara Finegan is a Northern Irish LGBTQ writer whose career as a primary school teacher has spanned 25 years. She has a degree in English and Drama and is in the process of writing her sixth novel. 'Don't Call me Baby' was shortlisted for the Novel London Prize 2023. It's a gripping psychological thriller about a respectable family woman who shows her dark side
Lisa K Friedman is an award-winning essayist, author and educator who teaches creative writing at American University and mentors writers in the art of fiction. In her latest novel 'Hello Wife' she explores the devastating impact of opioid abuse on the families of those who are addicted.
Mark Batey worked as chief executive of the Film Distributor's Association before retiring to write. 'Josephine Butler's Great Crusade' and 'The Secret Life of Father Time' are the last two of his trilogy of remarkable life-story books. They focus on the unsung heroes of the Victorian north-east of England who were born in the early 19th Century and went on to become national heroes of Victorian Britain.
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Melanie Blake is the internationally bestselling author behind the trilogy that began with 'Ruthless Women', which sold 250,000 copies in its first month, and it's sequel 'Guilty Women' Melanie's stories are exhilarating rollercoaster rides packed with all the glitz, glamorous, passion and intrigue of the blockbuster novels of the eighties, yet reflective of the world we live in today. 'Vengeful Women' is partly set on a private island off the coast of England, where five powerful women sit in jail, awaiting trial for manslaughter.
Robbie Steinhouse studied NLP and received both therapy and coaching, He founded NLP School in 2003, and is the author of several books on the subject. Bridging the divide between thriller and self-help, 'The Process' is set at a therapy retreat on the North Devon Coast, where five delegates have assembled to face up to their issues.
Charles Harris is a best-selling author, and award-winning film-maker. He co-founded the first screenwriter's workshop in the world, London Screenwriter's Workshop, now Euroscript. His third novel 'Play Me!' is a comedy crime novel where celebrity rock meets an underworld of violent mobsters and unscrupulous politicians.