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Lissa Evans

After a brief career in medicine, and an even briefer one in stand-up, Lissa Evans became a comedy producer, first in radio and then in television. She co-created Room 101 with Nick Hancock, produced Father Ted and co-produced and directed The Kumars at Number 42. Novels include Spencer’s List and Odd One Out. Lissa Evans lives in north London.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, General Fiction, Historical

New Books

2023

The Big House

Series

Stuart
   1. Small Change for Stuart (2011)
     aka Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms
   2. Big Change for Stuart (2012)
     aka Horten's Incredible Illusions

Novels

   Spencer's List (2002)
   Odd One Out (2004)
   Their Finest Hour and a Half (2009)
   Crooked Heart (2014)
   Wed Wabbit (2017)
   Their Finest (2017)
   Old Baggage (2018)
   V for Victory (2020)
   Wished (2022)
   The Big House (2023)

Picture Books

Smudger the Dog Saves Christmas (2010)

Awards

	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2002) : Spencer's List
	Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2009) : Their Finest Hour and a Half
	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2009) : Their Finest Hour and a Half
	Costa Children's Book Award Best Novel nominee (2011) : Small Change for Stuart
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2012) : Small Change for Stuart
	Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2015) : Crooked Heart
	Costa Children's Book Award Best Book nominee (2017) : Wed Wabbit
	Blue Peter Book Award Best Book nominee (2018) : Wed Wabbit
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2018) : Wed Wabbit
	Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Book nominee (2019) : Old Baggage

Lissa Evans recommends

At First Light (2017)
Vanessa Lafaye
"I loved this dark yet sunlit story of love and revenge, set against a fascinating backdrop of convergent events."

Everything You Do Is Wrong (2017)
Amanda Coe
"I hugely enjoyed Everything You Do is Wrong - it's so vivid and so readable, like unpacking a magician's box to reveal secret after secret."

Remain Silent (2020)
(DS Manon Bradshaw, book 3)
Susie Steiner
"There's no-one to touch Susie Steiner for managing to combine a hugely gripping murder plot with utterly identifiable domestic life. I adore Manon Bradshaw – detective, wit, slob and mother – and Remain Silent is as twisty, as riveting and as well written as her previous two appearances."

How to Belong (2020)
Sarah Franklin
"How to Belong is set in the Forest of Dean and is steeped in the spirit of the place. Such a warm and touching novel."

Lost Property (2021)
Helen Paris
"A lovely novel about loss and reconnection...both satisfying and joyful."

To Battersea Park (2023)
Philip Hensher
"An utterly engrossing skein of narratives, beautifully written and often disturbing."

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