Ann Purser

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born

January 01, 1933 in The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.annpurser.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Ann Purser lives in the East Midlands, in a small and attractive village which still has a village shop, a garage, pub and church. Here she finds her inspiration for her novels about country life. She has only to do her daily shopping down the High Street to listen to the real life of the village going on around her.

Before turning to fiction, she had a number of different careers, including journalism – she was for six years a columnist in SHE magazine – and art gallery proprietor. Running her own gallery in a 400-year-old barn behind the house, she gained fascinating insights into the characters and relationships of customers wandering around. She had no compunction about eavesdropping, and sharpened up her writer’s skills in weaving plots...more Ann Purser lives in the East Midlands, in a small and attractive village which still has a village shop, a garage, pub and church. Here she finds her inspiration for her novels about country life. She has only to do her daily shopping down the High Street to listen to the real life of the village going on around her.

Before turning to fiction, she had a number of different careers, including journalism – she was for six years a columnist in SHE magazine – and art gallery proprietor. Running her own gallery in a 400-year-old barn behind the house, she gained fascinating insights into the characters and relationships of customers wandering around. She had no compunction about eavesdropping, and sharpened up her writer’s skills in weaving plots around strangers who spent sometimes more than an hour in her gallery.

Working in a village school added more grist to the mill, as does singing in the church choir and membership of the Women’s Guild. She reminds herself humbly that Virginia Woolf was President of her local WI…

Six years hard study won her an Open University degree, and when she faltered and threatened to fall by the wayside, writer husband Philip Purser reminded her that he was paying good money for the course. During this period, she wrote two non-fiction books, one for parents of handicapped children (she has a daughter with cerebral palsy) and the other a lighthearted book for schools, on the explosion of popular entertainment in the first forty years of the twentieth century.

Ten years of running the gallery proved to be enough, and while it was very successful she decided to sell. The business moved down the street to another barn and owner, and Pursers stayed on in their house next to the village school – another rich source of material for the stories. Time to start writing novels.

Round Ringford became Ann’s village in a series of six novels, each with a separate story, but featuring the same cast of characters with a few newcomers each time. The list of books gives details of each story, and each features an issue common to all villages in our rural countryside. “Just like our village!” is a frequent comment from Ann’s readers.

Next: the Lois Meade Mysteries, each title reflecting a day of the week. Ann has always loved detective fiction, and determined to make it her next series. So Murder on Monday was born, followed by Terror on Tuesday, and Weeping on Wednesday. The rest of the week follows!

Mornings are set aside for writing, and the rest of the day Ann spends walking the dog, retrieving bantams’ eggs from around the garden, gossiping and taking part in the life of the village. She is never bored!(less)

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Books by Ann Purser

Average rating: 3.47 · 1,498 ratings · 254 reviews · 23 distinct works

	Murder On Monday 3.33 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Terror on Tuesday 3.54 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Weeping on Wednesday 3.56 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Theft on Thursday 3.55 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Fear on Friday 3.50 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Secrets On Saturday 3.51 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sorrow on Sunday 3.52 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Warning at One 3.45 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Threats at Three 3.63 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Hangman's Row Enquiry (Ivy Beasley, #1) 3.15 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:

More books by Ann Purser…

Series by Ann Purser

Lois Meade Mystery (11 books)
by Ann Purser

3.47 avg rating — 1,334 ratings

Ivy Beasley Mystery (3 books)
by Ann Purser

3.27 avg rating — 118 ratings

Round Ringford (6 books)
by Ann Purser

3.86 avg rating — 44 ratings

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