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Natasha Lester

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Natasha Lester is the multi-award winning and New York Times best-selling author of THE PARIS SEAMSTRESS, THE PARIS ORPHAN, THE PARIS SECRET and THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ASTRID BRICARD. Her new book, THE MADEMOISELLE ALLIANCE, the story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the only female leader of a French Resistance network in WWII, is coming in April 2025.

Prior to writing, she worked as a marketing executive for L’Oreal, managing the Maybelline brand, before returning to university to study creative writing.

Natasha's books have been translated into twenty-one different languages and are published all around the world. She lives in Perth, Western Australia with her 3 children and loves fashion history, practising the art of fashion illustration, col ...more

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	The Paris Seamstress 4.10 avg rating — 24,786 ratings — published 2018 — 33 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 Paris Secret 4.46 avg rating — 17,557 ratings — published 2020 — 48 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 Riviera House 4.32 avg rating — 14,696 ratings — published 2021 — 32 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 Paris Orphan 4.19 avg rating — 14,833 ratings — published 2019 — 40 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 Three Lives of Alix St Pierre really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,975 ratings — published 2022 — 31 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 Disappearance of Astrid Bricard 4.06 avg rating — 8,562 ratings — published 2023 — 13 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
	A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald 4.22 avg rating — 3,395 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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 Paris Seamstress, Free Preview: Chapters 1-4 4.15 avg rating — 2,937 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 Mademoiselle Alliance 4.26 avg rating — 2,841 ratings — published 2025 — 16 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
	Her Mother's Secret 4.22 avg rating — 2,271 ratings — published 2017 — 14 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

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I feel as though I’ve hardly been at home for the past month and, after a short and much-needed Easter break at the beach house, I won’t be at home at all until mid-May! But that’s because I’m doing lots of exciting things. And I’m very happy to share some of that in today’s newsletter, including my US tour dates!

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Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights

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“she could make women feel stronger and bolder and more courageous, as they would need to be through these dark times.”
― Natasha Lester, The Paris Seamstress

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“There are certain sacrifices that will never be repaid.”
― Natasha Lester, The Paris Secret

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“For four years we spied and we worked damn hard and we saved people's lives and we made a difference and nobody cared too much that we were women. And then it all ended. Went backward, even.”
― Natasha Lester, The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre

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