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Alison Stuart

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Kenya

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female

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http://www.alisonstuart.com

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genre

Historical Fiction, Romance

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Daphne du Maurier, Rosemary Sutcliff

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July 2010

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Alison was born in Kenya and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia at the age of ten. She studied law at Melbourne University and has worked in a variety of areas as a lawyer, including the military. In 2000 she moved to Singapore with her husband and sons and for three years was able to pursue serious, full time writing. While in Singapore she was published in two anthologies of short stories, one of which appeared briefly in a best seller list! Apart from this minor success with short stories, she has been published in a number of other anthologies of short stories and magazines. Prior to publication Alison was a finalist in competitions, including the shortlist of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, the Emma Darcy Award and the Emerald Awar...more

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The steamer trunk is packed and I'm off on my travels. I am hoping that time and internet connections will allow me the occasional post but if I'm strangely silent for a couple of weeks you will know it is not... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.47 · 77 ratings · 33 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	By The Sword 4.65 of 5 stars 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gather the Bones 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets in Time 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King's Man 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tower of Tales: Collected Stories 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Promise (Romance)

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Description: This short story was written on a visit to New Orleans. Suffering a bad case of jet lag and not wishing to wake my room mate, I sat in the bathroom at 2.00 am and wrote it. It was inspired by a visit to Oak Alley Plantation on the Mississipi just outside New Orleans. It was first published in the Emerald Anthology of short stories put out by Romance Writers of Australia in 2007.

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The Madonnas of Leningrad

by Debra Dean (Goodreads Author)

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The Josephine Bonaparte Collection: The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, and the Last Great Dance on Earth

by Sandra Gulland (Goodreads Author)

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The King's Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History

by Michael Walsh

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Alison Stuart wrote a new blog post Where in the world is Carmen Santiago? Do you remember playing that game in the early days of computers? It was one I played with my kids and we loved it.Well this is just a variation...... Read more of this blog post »
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Alison Stuart made a comment in the group Modern Good Reads — Book Trailers: Authors Post your Trailers topic "Great thread...fabulous book trailers. The trailer for my multi award nominated "Downton Abbeyesque" story GATHER THE BONES... http://youtu.be/orkigi5rS ...more "
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Alison Stuart rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Silent Girl (Rizzoli & Isles, #9) by Tess Gerritsen (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another spine tingling offering from Gerritsen. I listened to it on Audible and ended up sitting in a parked car as it reached its denouement. The only thing that totally let it down was the "rabbit out of the hat" ending (actually two rabbits!) whic...more
May 14, 2013 08:39pm · see review
Alison Stuart added City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alison Stuart added The Taming of the Duke (Essex Sisters, #3) by Eloisa James (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alison Stuart made a comment in the group Time-Travel Romance — Hero comes to the present/future.... topic "I hope I'm not contravening any of the rules of the list but in my own SECRETS IN TIME, the hero (a 17th century cavalier) comes forward in time. It w...more "
Apr 29, 2013 04:29pm
Alison Stuart made a comment in the group Historical Romance — Does it bother you...? topic "I think a historical novel needs to be historically accurate. A story set in the 1850s where characters talk about their civil war experiences would b...more "
Apr 29, 2013 04:25pm