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Elizabeth Mapstone

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Born

Kingston upon Thames, The United Kingdom

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https://www.elizabethmapstone.co.uk

Genre

Fiction, Psychology, Mystery

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Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Carl Jung, Helen Dunmore, David Hume

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May 2015

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Elizabeth Mapstone is a former psychotherapist and consultant to the Family Court, now writing fiction. As well as contributing to academic books and journals, she was Founding Editor of The Psychologist, and published two non-fiction books with Random House: War of Words, on the psychology of arguing; and a self-help book that really works, Stop Dreaming, Start Living. Since her retirement, she has published several short stories and a mystery novel The Amazon's Girdle, and once won the Luigi Bonomi Prize for the best opening pages of a novel (now The Porcupine's Dilemma). ...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 30 ratings · 11 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Porcupine's Dilemma: The Closer You Get to Someone You Love, the More Painfully You Can Hurt Each Other. 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Amazon's Girdle it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Stop Dreaming Start Living 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	War Of Words really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Träumst Du Noch Oder Lebst Du Schon?Das Life Planning Programm it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Changez votre vie: un programme unique pour vivre pleinement vos reves 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Boughbreaker 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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I had intended to write about a second short story, but it will have to wait a short while. For I realize I do not yet quite understand how this writing a regular column works! And I really would like to know how to do simple things – like choosing my audience, and posting where and what I want.

The writing bit is easy. It’s all the rest that flummoxes me…

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