Sarah Harrison is an English novelist.

Born in Exeter

Exeter

Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...

, she is the second of three children of an army officer and a former actress, and a cousin of the novelist Celia Dale

Celia Dale

Celia Dale is an English author and book reviewer. Her first novel, The Least Of These was published in 1943, and she went on to write ten more. She has won several awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Best Short Story of the Year award....

. She was educated at boarding school and took an English degree at the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

. She then worked for four years on the magazine Woman's Own

Woman's Own

Woman's Own is a British lifestyle magazine aimed at women.Woman's Own was first published in 1932. It is one of the UK's most famous women's magazines and is published by IPC Media....

before becoming a freelance writer. Harrison married for the second time in 2003. She has three grown-up children and four grandchildren. She is president of Morden and District Writers' Circle and a member of the Morden Players drama group, both based in Steeple Morden

Steeple Morden

Steeple Morden is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about south west of Cambridge and west of Royston. It is part of the South Cambridgeshire local government district....

, Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

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Published by Little, Brown

• The Flowers of the Field
• An Imperfect Lady
• Hot Breath
• Cold Feet
• Foreign Parts
• The Forests of the Night
• Be an Angel
• Both Your Houses

Published by Hodder & Stoughton

• Life after Lunch
• Flowers won’t Fax
• That was Then
• Heaven’s on Hold
• The Grass Memorial
• The Dreaming Stones
• Swan Music
• The Nightingale's Nest
• A Spell of Swallows (out next year)
• The Hawk (being worked on)

Published by Hutchinson

• Laura and Old Lumber
• Laura and Edmund
• Laura and the Squire
• Laura and the Lady