Lucy Atkins (Author of Magpie Lane)

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Lucy Atkins

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Lucy Atkins is an award-winning author and journalist. Her bestseller, MAGPIE LANE, is a literary mystery set in an Oxford College, and was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Guardian, The Telegraph, Good Housekeeping magazine and Radio 4's Open Book. THE NIGHT VISITOR has been optioned for television. Her latest novel, WINDMILL HILL has been described as 'a triumph' by Philip Pullman and was a Summer Books 2023 pick in The Guardian and The Observer.

Lucy teaches on the Creative Writing Masters degree at Oxford University. She is a book critic for The Sunday Times, the Guardian, and other publications. She has also written several non-fiction books, including the Amazon #1 parenting bestseller, First-Time Parent (Collins, 2008).

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Windmill Hill is now out in the world after a series of pre-publication events, , a launch party, and an ongoing

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	Magpie Lane 3.96 avg rating — 8,882 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Child 3.64 avg rating — 4,385 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Visitor 3.75 avg rating — 3,160 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Missing One 3.83 avg rating — 2,227 ratings — published 2014 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First-time Parent 3.99 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windmill Hill 3.83 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blooming Birth: How to Get the Pregnancy and Birth You Want by Lucy Atkins (欧宝娱乐 Author), Julia Guderian 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First-time parent and dude you're gonna be a dad! and what to expect 3 books collection set by Lucy Atkins (欧宝娱乐 Author), John Pfeiffer, Heidi Murkoff 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First-Time Parent and Gem Babies鈥� Names Bundle by Lucy Atkins (欧宝娱乐 Author), Julia Cresswell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“People are all the same, really. The one thing you can rely on is that they will behave exactly as you feared they might.”
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“It is, I鈥檝e realized, entirely possible to hold two realities in one鈥檚 mind simultaneously, and to believe them both at a visceral level.”
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“People used to hide things under the floorboards to distract the evil spirits, so they wouldn鈥檛 hurt the family. A sort of decoy.”
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