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Essie Fox

Essie Fox

31/03/2015 by Sarah Fox

Essie Fox is the traditionally published, Sunday Times Best-selling author of gothic historical mystery novels. Essie has been shortlisted for the National Book Awards, has featured on Channel 4’s TV Book Club, has been selected for You Magazine’s Book of the Month, and The Times Historical Novel of the Month. She has appeared at various literary events, including panel discussions for the Historical Novel Conferences, and has lectured at the V&A, and the National Gallery in London.

Essie’s novels, in chronological order, are: The Somnambulist. Elijah’s Mermaid. The Goddess and the Thief. The Last Days of Leda Grey. The Fascination.

Dangerous, her sixth novel will be published on April 24th 2025, and is a vampiric murder mystery based on real events surrounding Lord Byron’s tumultuous life in Venice, in 1819.

More information, including contact details, can be found on her author website:

http://www.essiefox.com

Published works:

Elijah’s Mermaid

Elijah’s Mermaid

The Goddess and the Thief

The Goddess and the Thief

The Somnambulist

The Somnambulist

DANGEROUS

DANGEROUS

The Fascination

The Fascination

The Last Days of Leda Grey

The Last Days of Leda Grey

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Writes about:

  • 18th Century
  • 19th Century

Is similar to:

  • Kate Griffin
  • Jane Johnson
  • Sean Lusk
  • Fiza Saeed McLynn
  • Martine Bailey
  • Victoria Dowd
  • Susan Stokes-Chapman
  • LC Winter

Is located in:

  • London and South-East

Is online at:

  • Website
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