Bestselling author of sagas, historical fiction and more
As I write in a number of genres and under other names, I thought it was time I had a website. So here it is.
I’ve had something approaching seventy books published by the likes of Boldwood, Penguin, Orion, Virgin, Canelo and Head of Zeus, plus foreign translations. A number have appeared in the top thirty best selling paperbacks also as ebooks.
My historical WW2 books (as LIZZIE LANE) are set mostly in Bristol. My cosy crime Honey Driver series (Jean G Goodhind) is set in Bath. There are others set in the Far East and West Indies as Erica Brown. Far East again as Jean Moran.
I also won a BBC New Writers’ Award and for a time had a weekend column with the Western Daily Press.
I think pink hair marks me out as a creative novelist so am sticking to it.
Did you know that when a couple got married in the early twentieth century, they bought furniture, even down to the enamel bread bin and stove that would last them for life. Getting fed of your decor was not an option. What you had at the start was likely still …
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Posted on 10th February, 2025
I will be at Bath Central Library with books. Prices vary as money received for my books is going to Dorothy House Hospice. Hospices only receive about 40% from the …
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Posted on 16th March, 2024
I have been invited to give a talk at Yate Library on the 15th of June at 2.30 p.m. Tickets are £5.00 and include cake, tea or coffee. I will …
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Posted on 3rd July, 2023
The sixth and final book will be published on the 28th of July 2023. The first was published backing 2021. I shall be sad to say goodbye to Maisie, Phyllis …
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