I write the kind of books I love to read. Emotional, ultimately hopeful stories with real women and men at their heart - flawed people trying to do their best in a complex world. I’ve several novels under my belt and though most of my fiction is contemporary, I also write historical fiction focused on strong women. I’m a creative writing tutor and mentor too.
I’ve spent more than half my life in the south of England, but my soul belongs to the north. Born in Liverpool, I grew up in Wales, studied in Manchester and after a spell in London as an actor, I now live in Brighton with my carpenter:musician husband and ginger sons. I’ve published two spicy romances (under a pseudonym) and, as Laura Wilkinson, five contemporary novels with a historical novel coming soon. Thanks for dropping by. Laura x
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I write the kind of books I love to read. Emotional, ultimately hopeful stories with real women and men at their heart - flawed people trying to do their best in a complex world. I’ve several novels under my belt and though most of my fiction is contemporary, I also write historical fiction focused on strong women. I’m a creative writing tutor and mentor too.
I’ve spent more than half my life in the south of England, but my soul belongs...
‘A compelling, beautifully written and almost unbearably poignant love story that shines a light on the forgotten aftermath of war.’ Frances Quinn, best-selling author of The Lost Passenger
Shortlisted for the Virginia Prize for Fiction
The war’s over but for Alma and Jack the fight for love and freedom has only just begun
Which lines would you cross for the ones you love?
Yorkshire, 1983. Miner’s wife Mandy Walker lives a quiet life. She’s hopeless at everything apart from looking after her boys and baking. Life is fine. But she knows it could be better. Her husband’s a drinker, and her best friend Ruth is busy with a teaching career. Mandy dreams of a different life - an impossible, unachievable life. Only Ruth’...
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