Tess Woods is a physiotherapist who lives in Perth, Australia, with one husband, one son, one daughter, one dog and one cat who rules over them all. Her debut novel, Love at First Flight, receivedacclaim from readers around the world and won Book of the Year in the AusRom Today Reader’s Choice Award. Her second novel, Beautiful Messy Love, made the best books of 2017 lists for Readings, Booktopia, and Better Reading. When she isn’t working or being a personal assistant to her kids, Tess enjoys reading and all kinds of grannyish pleasures like knitting, baking, drinking tea and tending to the veggie patch. Tess loves connecting with her readers on Facebook and Instagram.
Genres: Literary Fiction
New and upcoming books
Novels
Beautiful Messy Love (2017)
Love at First Flight (2017)
Love and Other Battles (2019)
The Venice Hotel (2024)
The Cairo Bridal Shop (2026)
Love at First Flight (2017)
Love and Other Battles (2019)
The Venice Hotel (2024)
The Cairo Bridal Shop (2026)
Books containing stories by Tess Woods
Tess Woods recommends

Start at the End (2026)
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"Emma Grey's delicate balance of light and shade in her storytelling is nothing short of genius."

The Bookshop of Buried Pasts (2026)
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"Deeply moving, haunting and so richly layered, with sentences so beautiful they had me awestruck. Sarah Clutton is an enormous talent and I just know this tender story will stay with me for such a long time."

When She Was Gone (2025)
Sara Foster
"With Australia's rugged southwest as the perfect backdrop, Sara Foster gives us a searing tale of the dangers of capitalist greed and misogynistic power play all wrapped up in what I think might just be the most propulsive thriller of the year. It's pure genius to write a page-turner this stunning. I challenge anyone to put it down once you've read the first page."
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