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Phaedra Patrick studied art and marketing and has worked as a stained glass artist, film festival organiser and communications manager. An award-winning short story writer, she now writes full time in Saddleworth where she lives with her family.

Her debut novel, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, was translated into over twenty languages worldwide and has been optioned by a major Hollywood film studio.

Her second novel, Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone (named Wishes Under the Willow Tree in the UK), has been made into a Hallmark Movie and will premiere on TV in Autumn 2021.

Her third novel is The Library of Lost and Found, and the fourth one is titled The Secrets of Love Story Bridge (The Secrets of Sunshine in the UK).

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	The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper 3.93 avg rating — 56,562 ratings — published 2016 — 71 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 Library of Lost and Found 3.73 avg rating — 33,898 ratings — published 2019 — 4 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 Messy Lives of Book People 3.68 avg rating — 25,885 ratings — published 2022 — 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 Little Italian Hotel 3.59 avg rating — 13,542 ratings — published 2023 — 16 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
	Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone 3.75 avg rating — 7,563 ratings — published 2017 — 21 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 Secrets of Love Story Bridge 3.62 avg rating — 5,182 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Year of What If 3.35 avg rating — 2,256 ratings — published 2024 — 10 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 Book Share 3.67 avg rating — 1,661 ratings — published 2022 — 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
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	The Time Hop Coffee Shop 3.71 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2025 — 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

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I wrote this piece for http://booksbywomen.org/why-i-write-b... and thought I'd share it here too...

A lady came along to a library event I delivered recently (I don’t know her name so I’ll call her Mrs Miggs) where she proceeded (rather nicely) to list a few things she didn’t really like about my debut novel, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper.

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“Sometimes you hold onto things, not because you want to keep them, but because they are difficult to let go.”
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“You should always make time for books”
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“Sometimes when you've lived a chapter of your life, you don't want to look back.”
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March BoTM Nominations ~ Book About a Librarian or Book Lover ~ 1st Poll

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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

by Abbi Waxman

9 votes, 24.3%

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

5 votes, 13.5%

The End of Your Life Book Club

by Will Schwalbe

5 votes, 13.5%

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

by Robin Sloan

5 votes, 13.5%

The Book Charmer

by Karen Hawkins

4 votes, 10.8%

The Library of the Unwritten

by A.J. Hackwith

4 votes, 10.8%

The Library of Lost and Found

by Phaedra Patrick

2 votes, 5.4%

Summer Hours at the Robbers Library

by Sue Halpern

1 vote, 2.7%

The Bookstore

by Deborah Meyler

1 vote, 2.7%

The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted

by Robert Hillman

1 vote, 2.7%

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