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Carolyn Kirby's debut novel The Conviction of Cora Burns was chosen for awards by the Historical Writers Association and by the Specsavers/Crimefest debut crime fiction prize. Carolyn's second novel When We Fall was one of The Times' top 20 historical novels of 2020.
Originally from the northeast of England, Carolyn studied history at St Hilda’s College, Oxford and she is now on the organising committee for the annual St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend. To find out more, go to www.carolynkirby.com

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“Sometimes in life,’ Miriam said with great authority, ‘the truth of a thing hits you with bodily force. It is not a feeling that occurs very often but when it does you know you may rely upon it.”
― Carolyn Kirby, The Conviction of Cora Burns
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