About Anna

Anna is the award-winning and bestselling author of five historical crime or Gothic novels. Her books explore the impact of crime and injustice and her influences include Daphne Du Maurier, Shirley Jackson and Sarah Waters.

Anna regularly appears at literary festivals and events and gives talks and workshops on creative writing.

Her debut novel, The Unseeing, won an Edgar Allan Poe award. Her third novel, The Clockwork Girl, was shortlisted for two CWA Dagger awards and a Fingerprint Award, and nominated for the Dublin Literary award. Her fourth novel, The House of Whispers, a ghost story set in Fascist Italy, is a Sunday Times historical novel of the year.

Her fourth fifth historical novel, The Book of Secrets, is based on a real case from 17th century Rome and will be out in March 2024. Her first legal/political thriller will be published in 2025 under the name Anna Sharpe.

When not writing, Anna works as a human rights and criminal justice solicitor acting for victims of crime. She is also a volunteer for Doorstep Library, working with underprivileged children, and a board member for Red Dress, an arts organisation working with survivors.

She lives in South London, with one husband, two children, a black cat and a snake.

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My literary agent is Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment.

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