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Lucy Atkins

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Edinburgh, The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense

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April 2011

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Lucy Atkins is an award-winning author and journalist. Her last novel, MAGPIE LANE, a literary mystery set in an Oxford College, was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Guardian, The Telegraph, Good Housekeeping magazine and Radio 4's Open Book. Lucy's third novel The Night Visitor, has been optioned for television, Her new novel, Windmill Hill has been described as 'a triumph' by Philip Pullman.

Lucy is a Tutor on the Creative Writing Masters degree at Oxford University. She is a book critic for The Sunday Times and other publications. She has also written several non-fiction books, including the Amazon #1 parenting bestseller, First-Time Parent (Collins, 2008).

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Windmill Hill is out in the world!

Windmill Hill is now out in the world after a series of pre-publication events, reviews, a launch party, and an ongoing book tour.

It’s been wild to go from the solitude of the writing shed, into Festivals, bookshops & parties. It’s been so long since I did this. Magpie Lane was published in the very first week of lockdown, so that book tour, and two launch parties*, were cancelled. This is, essen

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Average rating: 3.85 · 18,660 ratings · 1,882 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors

	Magpie Lane 3.97 avg rating — 7,992 ratings — published 2020 — 12 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 Other Child 3.65 avg rating — 4,195 ratings — published 2015 — 15 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 Night Visitor 3.76 avg rating — 2,926 ratings — published 2017 — 17 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 Missing One 3.83 avg rating — 2,109 ratings — published 2014 — 21 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
	First-time Parent 3.98 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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
	Windmill Hill 3.98 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Blooming Birth : How to Get the Pregnancy and Birth You Want 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	The Cancer Survivor's Companion: Practical ways to cope with your feelings after cancer by Lucy Atkins (Goodreads Author), Lucy Atkins (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	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
	First-time parent and dude you're gonna be a dad! and what to expect 3 books collection set by Lucy Atkins (Goodreads Author), John Pfeiffer, Heidi Murkoff 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	First-Time Parent and Gem Babies’ Names Bundle by Lucy Atkins (Goodreads Author), Cresswell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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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Lucy Atkins made a comment on Joanna Cannon’s review of Windmill Hill " Thank you so much! "
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Lucy Atkins and 6 other people liked Joanna Cannon's review of Windmill Hill: "An intriguing tale of secrets, friendship ... and a windmill (this book made me want to live in a windmill, it was obviously researched so brilliantly). A very memorable narrator in Astrid, an eighty-two year-old woman with a troubled past, who lives" Read more of this review »
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Lucy Atkins and 20 other people liked Claire Fuller's review of Windmill Hill: "What a fabulous character Lucy Atkins has created in Astrid! 82 with a wandering mind, she is eccentric, determined, loyal, and wholly believable. This novel, ultimately about female friendship is playful, brilliantly observed, and with a plot that l" Read more of this review »
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Lucy Atkins made a comment on Claire Fuller’s review of Windmill Hill " Thank you for this! "
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“People are all the same, really. The one thing you can rely on is that they will behave exactly as you feared they might.”
― Lucy Atkins, The Night Visitor

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“It is, I’ve realized, entirely possible to hold two realities in one’s mind simultaneously, and to believe them both at a visceral level.”
― Lucy Atkins, The Night Visitor

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“I felt my stomach lurch as if the bus had gone over a precipice.”
― Lucy Atkins, Magpie Lane

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Book Cover Thursday is when you get to vote for Book Cover that you like the best. The top two Book Covers that get the most votes will be our Books Of The Week starting on Sunday. There will be a Random Wheel Spin of the top 2 voted for Kindle Ebooks, the 2 winners can take the Book Cover they voted for. If none of the choices are appealing to you vote to take 1 Point in our E-Books To Points Program
Please vote by clicking on the Book Cover or 1 Point option below.

1 Point in Ebooks To Points Program.

19 votes, 48.7%

Magpie Lane
Lucy Atkins

8 votes, 20.5%

Wish You Were Here
Jodi Picoult

7 votes, 17.9%

Easily Amused
Karen McQuestion

4 votes, 10.3%

Mr. and Miss Anonymous
Fern Michaels

1 vote, 2.6%

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