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Renita DSilva

Renita DSilva

30/01/2025 by Renita D'Silva

Renita D’Silva has had fifteen historical fiction novels published. Victory Days for West India Dock Road, the new book in her West India Dock Road WW2 saga series will be published on 1 July. Her short stories have been published in The View from Here, Bartleby Snopes, this zine, Platinum Page, Paragraph Planet, Verve, the Best of the Net anthology, the Arts Council funded Bridges Not Borders anthology of prizewinning stories, among others. They have been nominated for the Pushcart prize, shortlisted for the LoveReading Very Short Story award and The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and longlisted for the BBC National Short Story award. Her short story, Put On The Spot, has been selected to be published in the Guilty Secrets CWA Anthology edited by Martin Edwards, to be published by Flame Tree in 2026. Her first psychological thriller, The Neighbours, won the Joffe Books Prize 2023. Her third psychological thriller, Two Perfect Couples, is out now.

Published works:

Heartache on West India Dock Road

Heartache on West India Dock Road

New Arrivals On West India Dock Road

New Arrivals On West India Dock Road

Victory Days for West India Dock Road

Victory Days for West India Dock Road

Wartime Comes To West India Dock Road

Wartime Comes To West India Dock Road

The Secret Keeper

The Secret Keeper

The Spice Maker’s Secret

The Spice Maker’s Secret

The War Child

The War Child

The Orphan’s Gift

The Orphan’s Gift

The Girl In The Painting

The Girl In The Painting

Beneath An Indian Sky

Beneath An Indian Sky

A Daughter’s Courage

A Daughter’s Courage

A Mother’s Secret

A Mother’s Secret

A Sister’s Promise

A Sister’s Promise

The Stolen Girl

The Stolen Girl

The Forgotten Daughter

The Forgotten Daughter

Monsoon Memories

Monsoon Memories

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Historical Writers Association member - Renita DSilva

Writes about:

  • 20th Century

Is similar to:

  • Helen Parusel
  • Clare Flynn
  • Sejal Badani
  • Kate Thompson
  • Jean Fullerton

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  • London and South-East

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