To Celebrate International Women’s Day: A Look At Some Of My Favourite Female Authors #InternationalWomensDay #FemaleAuthors #recommended

Good afternoon everyone. To celebrate International Women’s Day I thought I’d show you some of my favourite female authors. As you can see their books are from a variety of genres but I highly recommend all of them!

So in no particular order…

Kristen Hannah:

Kristin Hannah is a New York Times bestselling author. She is a former lawyer turned writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle, and Hawaii. Her first novel published in the UK, Night Road, was one of eight books selected for the UK’s 2011 TV Book Club Summer Read. Her New York Times bestselling novel The Nightingale, has been published in over thirty-nine languages.

Lucy Atkins:

Lucy Atkins is an award-winning British author and journalist. Her latest novel, MAGPIE LANE, was picked as a ‘best book of 2020’ by BBC Radio 4’s Open Book, the GUARDIAN, the TELEGRAPH and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE. Her other novels are: THE NIGHT VISITOR (which has been optioned for TV), THE MISSING ONE and THE OTHER CHILD. Lucy is book critic for The Sunday Times and has written for publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Times, and many magazines. She teaches on the creative writing Masters degree at the University of Oxford.She has written several non-fiction books including the Amazon #1 parenting guide, FIRST TIME PARENT (Collins).For news, events and offers see http://www.lucyatkins.comFollow Lucy on Twitter @lucyatkins Instagram @lucyatkinswriter

Clare Harvey:

Clare Harvey is an ex-army wife. The Gunner Girl, her debut novel, was inspired by her mother-in-law’s experience during WWII and written while her husband was on active service in Afghanistan. She lives in Nottingham with her family. Find out more on facebook – facebook.com/clareharvey13 – her website http://www.clareharvey.net or on twitter @clareharveyauth.

Beth O’Leary:

Beth O’Leary is a Sunday Times bestselling author whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. Her debut, The Flatshare, sold over half a million copies and changed her life completely. Her second novel, The Switch, has been optioned for film by Amblin Partners, Steven Spielberg’s production company. Beth writes her books in the English countryside with a very badly behaved golden retriever for company. If she’s not at her desk, you’ll usually find her curled up somewhere with a book, a cup of tea, and several woolly jumpers (whatever the weather).

Beth Underdown:

Beth Underdown was born in Rochdale in 1987. She studied at the University of York and then the University of Manchester, where she is now a Lecturer in Creative Writing.The Witchfinder’s Sister is her debut novel, and is based on the life of the 1640s witch finder Matthew Hopkins.She first came across him while reading a book about seventeenth-century midwifery. As you do.

Mari Hannah:

Mari Hannah is a multi-award-winning author, whose authentic voice is no happy accident. A former probation officer, she lives in rural Northumberland with her partner, an ex-murder detective. Mari turned to script-writing when her career was cut short following an assault on duty. Her debut, The Murder Wall, (adapted from a script she developed with the BBC) won her the Polari First Book Prize. Its follow-up, Settled Blood, picked up a Northern Writers’ Award. Mari’s body of work won her the CWA Dagger in the Library 2017, an incredible honour to receive so early in her career. In 2019, she was voted DIVA Wordsmith of the Year. In 2020, she won Capital Crime International Crime Writing Festival’s Crime Book of the Year for Without a Trace. Her Kate Daniels series is in development with Stephen Fry’s production company, Sprout Pictures.

Jenny Ashcroft:

Jenny Ashcroft lives in Brighton with her husband and three children. Before that, she spent many years living and working in Australia and Asia – a time which gave her an enduring passion for stories set in exotic places. She has a degree in history, and has always been fascinated by the past – in particular the way that extraordinary events can transform the lives of normal people.Jenny’s first three books – Beneath A Burning Sky, Island in the East and Meet Me In Bombay – were all ebook bestsellers.

Have you read any of these authors? Do any of these books appeal to you? Let me know!