Isabel Ashdown

{{short description|British writer of contemporary fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}

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Isabel Ashdown (born 1970) is a British writer of contemporary fiction.

Biography

Isabel Ashdown was born in London and grew up in East Wittering on the south coast of England. She is the author of eight novels,{{Cite web |last=Riddington |first=Max |date=2022-02-01 |title=The push I needed |url=https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/the-push-i-needed/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Bridport Prize |language=en-GB}} a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, and a member of the Society of Authors. In 2014 she was Writer in Residence at the University of Brighton.

Her debut novel was Glasshopper which received some critical appreciation.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/the-best-books-of-the-year-6775203.html |title=The best books of the year |work=Evening Standard |date=19 November 2009| access-date=25 April 2014 | author=Nicolson, Juliet}} She started writing thrillers with "Little Sister" (2017).

She worked in education and product marketing, and currently writes full-time.

Novels

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YearTitlePublisherNotes
2020

|33 Women

|Trapeze

|

2019

|Lake Child

|Trapeze

|

2018Beautiful LiarsTrapeze/OrionTranslations: USA, Netherlands
2017Little SisterTrapeze/OrionTranslations: USA, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Greece, Poland
2015FlightMyriad
2013Summer of '76Myriad
2011Hurry Up and WaitMyriadTranslations: Germany
2009GlasshopperMyriadTranslations: Germany

References

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