Anna Housego
Anna is a former journalist, worked in an outback pub in crocodile country, was a political adviser, and an adult educator.
She was a wordsmith-for-hire providing communications consultancy services to major clients for nearly two decades but now writes for readers like you. Her debut novel has been widely praised for its gripping story and compelling style. The Way to Midnight, a 1930s mystery that resonates today, was inspired by a true family scandal that she researched for almost a decade. Find out what it takes to dig up a family secret, with your free copy of Disgrace: Uncovering a Family Scandal, available at www.annahousego.com
Her second novel, One Small Life, published in 2019, follows the struggle of a traumatised woman to make he
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Diane tells stories about ordinary people navigating extraordinary choices—strong women, complicated families, and the quiet heroism that history too often overlooks. Her work explores the grit and love of everyday sacrifice, the weight of generational legacy, and the emotional cost of injustice.
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Tess Burnett
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The Hanging of Hettie Gale was written whilst Tess lived in Ireland. She self published, then entered the Dorchester Literary Festival local writers' competition which she won. Now available in a shiny new version through Bloodhound Books.
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Henry Cox
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Henry was an adjunct professor for over a decade and developed thousands of hours of attorney education programs. He has been a distinguished trial lawyer in complex litigation for over 40 years, receiving numerous professional honors and still serves as an arbitrator, mediator.
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Brenda Vicars
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Dionne Haynes
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Award-winning author Tanya Nellestein has been recreating the fruits of her overactive imagination on paper since she was a child. She is an avid reader, novelist, experience enthusiast, outstanding car vocalist, and Queen of fancy dress. Tanya writes gut-churning historical fiction, contemporary crime/mystery and suspense with a romantic angle that always includes good sex and a happily ever after. One thing you will always get with Tanya's books - a strong woman who knows who she is (eventually) and gets what she wants.
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New generations and forgotten corners of history kept demanding attention, and the saga became four epic novels. After three decades of research and revision, Elizabeth decided she’d done them justice.
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V.L. McBeath
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That story ultimately turned into The Ambition & Destiny Series, a five part series with a short story prequel.
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Prior to writing, Val trained as a scientist and worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years. In 2012, she set up her own consultancy business, and currently splits her time between business and writing.
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But it was when she discovered technical authoring that she knew she had found her vocation. She spent the next few decades writing and editing all sorts of material, some fascinating, some dull, for a wide variety of clients, including an international hotel group, medical instrument manufacturers and the Government.
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