SUE COOK Juliet Pickering www.suecook.com Twitter: @SueC00k

BARBARA ERSKINE Carole Blake

Historian and novelist whose first novel (LADY OF HAY, continuously in print for 27 years) catapulted her to international success, selling millions. Author of THE WARRIOR’S PRINCESS, DAUGHTERS OF FIRE, HIDING FROM THE LIGHT, WHISPERS IN THE SAND, SANDS OF TIME, ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS, DISTANT VOICES, HOUSE OF ECHOES, MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE, CHILD OF THE PHOENIX, ENCOUNTERS, and KINGDOM OF SHADOWS, published in 24 languages. Now writing another novel for HarperCollins (editor Kim Young).

An epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak set now and during the Second World Wa.r. A painting that was to be restored by her husband, recently killed in a  bizarre car accident, leads Lucy back to the life of Evie, the self-portrait’s artist. Discovering a painted-over figure of a World War II pilot behind Evie, Lucy tries to unravel the mystery of the two men in Evie’s life, and their relevance to Lucy’s own.  Ms available 180,000 words.

Straight into hardback bestseller list on publication. Zoe and Ken have moved into a converted Anglo-Saxon barn near the River Debden, but there are cracks in their marriage. Zoe begins to feel an odd presence in their ancient home, and glimpses shapes through autumn mists on the river. As she becomes ever closer to one of their new neighbours, she learns from him of a local Victorian tragedy. Then human bones are found which are much, much older…are they linked to an ancient curse? Mystery, history & chills. 486 pp.

History meets the supernatural in this tale of newly ordained Rev. Abi Rutherford, suspected of witchcraft when she has visions of a Roman past in her Cambridge parish. Who is the young healer from overseas, learning at the feet of a female Druid, and living under the rule of the Romans? Mystery with history from the writer who invented the time-slip genre. A powerful drama, written in trademark Erskine style. 436pp.

Journalist and scriptwriter, she lives in Cape Town. Her debut novel WHIPLASH, narrated by a Cape Town prostitute (Modjadji, 2008), was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize and optioned for film. Now writing THE RIG, a high concept literary thriller set on an oil rig off the coast of Africa.

‘Many crime writers could learn from her … SNAKE is an extremely original literary crime novel.’

– Sarah Lotz, author of THE THREE
‘Tracey Farren has a true gift for getting into the hearts of very ordinary people while astutely setting the South African sociopolitical context. … Astonishing, a seemingly artless, yet absolutely riveting read.’ – Jane Rosenthal, Mail & Guardian
Carson McCullers meets DBC Pierre, with a twist – a gripping, dark, psychological drama narrated by feisty twelve-year-old Stella, whose disenfranchised family comes under threat when a sinister stranger insinuates himself into their household. Living in a shack on a farm in the Cape, an alcoholic father leaves his wife struggling to survive and raise her daughters, Stella and baby Grace, in harsh circumstances. As Stella recounts recent traumatic events to a nosy journalist from Truth magazine – the “Truth Lady”, as Stella calls her – details of a family tragedy and an unforgettable story of love and courage unfolds. Ms available, 68,800 words.

SA	Modjadji 2012
Film Rights	Fuze ^

LIZ FENWICK Carole Blake

www.lizfenwick.com Twitter: @Liz_Fenwick

When her grandmother, Jaunty, becomes too frail to live alone, Gabrielle must move in with her. Once a celebrated artist, Jaunty is haunted by events in her past. Everything is fine until a handsome stranger arrives in a storm, seeking help to uncover the mystery of a painting left to him. Ms available, 90,000 words. (UK editor: Kate Mills).

The pressure of her wedding becomes too much, and Jude runs from the church, leaving a good man at the altar, her mother in a fury, and guests with enough gossip to last a year.  Guilty and ashamed, she flees to Pengarrock, a crumbling cliff-top mansion in Cornwall, taking a job cataloguing the Trevillion family's extensive library. The house, full of history and secrets, is a welcome escape, but when its new owner arrives, it's clear that Pengarrock is not beloved by everyone.  As she falls under the spell of the house, Jude learns of a family riddle stemming from a tragedy centuries before, hinting at a lost treasure. Pengarrock is put up for sale: is time running out for the house and for Jude?  308 pp.

'An intriguing, deeply felt and poignant story, stuffed with insight and observation.'

Elizabeth Buchan

Can a house heal a broken heart? Newly widowed & penniless, artist Maddie jumps at the chance to leave London and move to Cornwall to a house that has been left to her by a total stranger. With grieving teenage step-daughter Hannah in tow, who is not happy to be uprooted from London, Maddie longs for a fresh start in the beautiful countryside, along with the chance to put behind her the terrible promise, and sacrifice, she made for her husband.

Author of hugely successful DI Heckenburg series. First in series, STALKERS (UK, Avon 2013; Germany, Piper^; Hungary, Athenaeum^; Japan, Hayakawa^; Poland, Albatros ^; Turkey, Pegasus ^) #1 ebook bestseller. SACRIFICE (Book 2) (UK, Avon 2013; Germany, Piper^; Poland, Albatros ^; Turkey, Pegasus ^) is HarperCollins most pre-ordered book ever (UK editor: Helen Bolton)

DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg most dangerous case to date is open again. Two years ago, in STALKERS, he put the ringleader of The Nice Guys Club – a vicious rape and murder gang – behind bars. But Heck knows that this depraved organisation stretches far beyond UK shores. When brutal murders start happening across the country, it’s clear that the Nice Guys are at work again. Their victims are killed in cold blood, in broad daylight, and by any means necessary. And Heck knows it won’t be long before they come for him. Avon publish May 2014, 400pp.

Author of the popular Virtual Victorian blog: virtualvictorian.blogspot.com.

Her next novel SILENCE ELECTRIC, set partly at the end of the silent movie era, will be published by Orion (editor: Kate Mills) in 2015.
'Essie Fox really is the master of Victorian drama, and excels in making historical fiction appeal to all.' – Anne Cater, Random Things Through My Letterbox
THE GODDESS AND THE THIEF Historical

‘Addictive … intricate and beautifully turned.’ – Times

‘Beguiling, imaginative and original.’ – Hello
Do you believe in other worlds, of lives ever after? My ayah did . . .Uprooted from her home in India, Alice is raised by her aunt, a spiritualist medium in Windsor. When the mysterious Lucian Tilsbury enters their lives, Alice is drawn into a plot to steal a sacred Indian diamond. Said to be both blessed and cursed, the stone exudes a power over all who encounter it: a glamorous deposed maharajah, a man hell-bent on discovering the secrets of eternity, and a widowed queen who hopes the jewel can draw her husband’s spirit back. In the midst of all this madness, Alice must find a way to regain control of her life and fate. 382pp.

UKexCan hdbk	Orion 2013
UKexCan trppbk	Orion 2013

ELIJAH'S MERMAID Historical

‘A fabulous foray into a shadowy Victorian world.’ – Woman & Home

‘Vivid, sensual prose, seductive as a siren's song…Recommended to Sarah Waters fans.’ – Heat
Found floating in the Thames as a baby, Pearl has been brought up in a brothel known as the House of Mermaids. It is only when her fourteenth birthday approaches that she realises she is to be sold to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, orphaned twins Lily and Elijah have had an idyllic childhood, raised in a country house by their grandfather. But when Lily and Elijah go on a visit London, a chance meeting with the ethereal Pearl will bind their fates together in a dark and dangerous way... This bewitching novel moves from the respectable worlds of Victorian art and literature, and into the shadowy demi-monde of brothels, asylums and freak show tents – a world in which nothing is quite what it seems. 356 pp.

UKexCan hdbk	Orion 2012
UKexCan ppbk	Orion ^
Uk Audio	Oakhill ^

THE SOMNAMBULIST Historical

Shortlisted in the New Writer of the Year category for the Specsavers National Book Awards

Picked for the TV Book Club 2012 and TV rights optioned by Hat Trick.
‘A gutsy page-turning novel with a delightful heroine...larger than life Dickensian characters and generous supply of plot twists and turns. A thumping good read.’ Historical Novels Review
A dramatic Victorian mystery set in the music halls of East London, and an isolated Herefordshire country house, dealing with themes of bigotry, loss and stolen lives. 375pp.

UKexCan hdbk	Orion 2011	Brazil	Bertrand ^
UKexCan tppbk	Orion 2011	Italy	Castelvecchi 2011
UKexCan ppbk	Orion 2012	Sweden	Damm 2012
UK audio	Oakhill 2012	Italy	Castelvecchi 2011
TV rights	Hat Trick Productions	Italian audio	Elliot Edizioni

JANICE GALLOWAY Juliet Pickering

http://www.galloway.1to1.org

Author of three novels, two collections of short stories and, most recently, two memoirs. She has won and been shortlisted for numerous literary prizes Currently writing her next novel, ANGELO, to be published by Granta in 2015 (UK editor: Bella Lacey).