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.
Chris Dresser immigrated to South Africa as a child, and has spent his working life in the film and television industry, starting back in Britain with the BBC in London, then ITV in Birmingham, where at the time he was the youngest studio manager in Britain. He has also written and produces film & TV commercials and award-winning documentaries. 'Surviving Treachery' is the final part of the critically acclaimed WillJohn Trilogy, documenting some of the darkest parts of South Africa's history.
Nick Greenberg is a bassist, composer and author. His music career has taken him to Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Centre, and international stages in Taiwan. He is also a former chocolatier, a current winemaker and an award-winning home brewer. His novel 'Buried Treasure' imagines what happens when an unlikely Midwestern musician stumbles into a trade where the stakes are far higher than he ever imagined - the world of rare truffles
Su Chang is the daughter of a former reluctant student Red Guard Leader. Her short stories have won numerous awards. Her debut novel 'The Immortal Woman' is a generational story of heartbreak, resilience, yearning, and ultimately, hope, offering a rarely seen insider's view of the fractured lives of the new Chinese immigrants and those they leave behind.
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Emma Cowell lives in Greece with her husband Tony, who is also a writer. A former actress and TV presenter, Emma is attempting to learn Greek to maintain her love affair with the country where she has set all her novels. 'Beneath the Orange Blossom' is her latest, about a lost love, a devastating secret, and a summer that could change everything.
Sharon V. Agar grew up in Hampshire, and later moved to the US to attend Yale. After business school, she worked in a variety of fields including both finance and not-for-profit. Her life took a major turn when she was diagnosed with a potentially fatal lung disease, and over the next two years, underwent two lung transplant operations. 'The Fragile Breath' is based on a true story, following Fiona, a fortysomething New Yorker, as she uproots her life in pursuit of a cure after developing a terminal disease - and she ends up finding much more than a new set of lungs.
Laurie Gilmore is a Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author whose first novel 'The Pumpkin Spice Cafe' won the TikTok Book of the Year award in 2024. Her Dream Harbour series is filled with quirky townsfolk, cozy settings, and swoon-worthy romance. 'The Daisy Chain Flower Shop' is the latest in the series