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Anstey Harris



Anstey Harris teaches creative writing for Canterbury Christ Church University and in the community with her own company, Writing Matters. Harris’s short stories have been widely published in anthologies and online and she was the winner of the H.G. Wells Short Story Prize in 2015. She was recently shortlisted in the National Gallery Short Story Competition and chosen by The Word Factory to read her short story, “A Hairy Tale”alongside A.L. Kennedy at their June literary salon in 2016. She is a three-time winner of the Faber Academy’s #quickfic competition. Anstey lives in Kent, England, and is the mother of the singer-songwriter (famous for her stint on The X-Factor) Lucy Spraggan.
 

Awards: RNA (2020)

Genres: Literary Fiction, Romance
 
New and upcoming books
Novels
   The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton (2018)
     aka Goodbye, Paris
   Where We Belong (2020)
     aka The Museum of Forgotten Memories
   When I First Held You (2023)
   The House of Lost Secrets (2024)
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Awards
2020 RNA: Romantic Novel Award : The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton

Anstey Harris recommends
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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers (2024)
Samuel Burr
"Full of the most enchanting characters."
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An Unwanted Inheritance (2022)
Imogen Clark
"A gripping tale about money, greed, and what really matters."
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The Impossible Us (2022)
Impossible

Sarah Lotz
"It is amazing, never ever ever in my life have i wished I'd written a book so much. I am bawling. Bawling. An actual masterpiece. There will not be a book I love more in 2022."

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