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Essie Fox


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Essie Fox is the author of The Somnambulist and Elijah's Mermaid, both of which are dark Victorian novels.

Before taking up writing, Essie worked as an illustrator designing greetings cards, gift wrap and decorative ceramics. Before that she worked in a Dickensian office in Bloomsbury's Museum Street, employed as an editorial assistant by the publishers, George Allen & Unwin. So, in a way, it almost feels as if she has come full circle, returning to her very first love, which is the world of books.

Born and raised in Herefordshire, Essie now divides her time between Bow in East London and Windsor.
 


Genres: Historical, Literary Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
April 2025

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Dangerous
 
Novels
   The Somnambulist (2011)
   Elijah's Mermaid (2012)
   The Goddess and the Thief (2013)
   The Last Days of Leda Grey (2016)
   The Fascination (2023)
   Dangerous (2025)
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The Art of a Lie (2025)
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
"An irresistible confection to beguile, bemuse and delight, with a slither of ice at its heart."
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A Schooling in Murder (2025)
Andrew Taylor
"An ingenious and intriguing homage to the golden age of crime fiction - A Schooling in Murder is both wryly beguiling and steeped in atmospheric tension. I could not put it down."
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The Woman in the Wallpaper (2025)
Lora Jones
"Lora Jones is a remarkable new talent in the world of historical fiction. An utterly spellbinding novel."

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