Louise Beech

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Louise Beech

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Born
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Also publishes under Louise Swanson.

Louise Beech is the author of eleven novels and a memoir, Eighteen Seconds (2023). Her debut, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers’ Pick; The Lion Tamer Who Lost shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Awards 2019 and longlisted for the Polari Prize the same year; Call Me Star Girl was Best magazine’s Book of the Year; This Is How We Are Human was a Clare Mackintosh Book Club pick; and the audiobook of her memoir, Daffodils, shortlisted for the Audies23. Her thrillers, End of Story and Lights Out, are written as Louise Swanson; the former was chosen by Sophie Hannah as a Book of the Year in the Daily Mail, and the latter was reviewed by The Times. Her debut play, How to be Brave, toured Yorkshire venues in
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Average rating: 4.13 · 8,150 ratings · 1,872 reviews · 20 distinct worksSimilar authors
This Is How We Are Human

4.36 avg rating — 1,297 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions
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The Mountain in my Shoe

4.11 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions
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The Lion Tamer Who Lost

4.31 avg rating — 794 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions
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Maria in the Moon

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How to Be Brave

4.23 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions
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I Am Dust

3.87 avg rating — 719 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions
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Call Me Star Girl

3.76 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions
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Eighteen Seconds

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Nothing Else

4.26 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions
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Daffodils: A Memoir

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“I remember reading once that when singers sing in unison, their heartbeats often synchronise.”
Louise Beech, Call Me Star Girl

“I’ve always thought it astonishing that there are only twelve musical notes, far fewer than there are letters in the alphabet, and yet we create millions of different melodies, telling millions of different stories.”
Louise Beech, Nothing Else

“Money never gave me more than my heart would let it.”
Louise Beech, I Am Dust

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