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Lucy Austin

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The United Kingdom

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Chick Lit, Humor and Comedy, Contemporary

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Author of the twentysomething chick-lit 'The Way It Never Was', available on Amazon UK and USA.

A freelance copywriter for many years, Lucy has worked for businesses and creative agencies around the world. The Way It Never Was' is her first novel.

Outside the world of writing, Lucy loves a good book, TV shows with story arcs she can keep track of and sitting in cafes - although those heady days of idly drinking cappuccinos while pretending to be in 'Dawson's Creek' are long gone. However, that doesn't stop her regularly wishing the 'Globe' cafe in her novel was real.

Lucy can be found on Twitter at @lacreativeuk. ...more

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The Way It Never Was

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Four years to the day I came off it, I reinstated my Facebook account. I admit, it was a little strange to find a load of dormant ‘friends’ still there, but once I got over that and the realisation that they hadn’t actually noticed I had gone, it was thrilling – on a par with discovering televisions had gone from black and white to colour. Better still, I had a few Instant Messenger chats with old Read more of this blog post »

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by David Nicholls

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Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Survive and Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

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