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Samantha Henthorn

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in Bury, The United Kingdom

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Humor and Comedy, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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Victoria Wood, Roald Dahl, all indie authors

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I live happily in Bury near Manchester UK I used to be a nurse, but now I'm a disabled middle-aged housewife who writes books. I have been writing full time since 2014, I write every day, I read every day, so we more than likely have loads in common.

I currently have ten books available on Amazon. All of my books are set in the North West of England, written with British English spelling and grammar. They are narrated in the same fashion folk say 'stuff' around here!
My genres are comedy-drama and historical fiction. I enjoyed writing them, you will enjoy reading them, promise! Here is my mailing list:
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I am partway through a Creative Writing and English Literature degree. After the publication of sh ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 254 ratings · 156 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Terraced House Diaries (Curmudgeon Avenue #1) 3.33 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	My Half-Sister's Half-Sister 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — 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 Ghosts of Curmudgeon Avenue (Curmudgeon Avenue #4) 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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 Harold and Edith Adventures (Curmudgeon Avenue #2) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — 5 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
	1962 by Samantha Henthorn (Goodreads Author), Lyndsey Prince 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	Edna and Genevieve Escape From Curmudgeon Avenue (Curmudgeon Avenue #3) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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
	What We Did During Lockdown: Written in the Time of Covid 19 by Samantha Henthorn (Goodreads Author), Claire Kingsley, Leah Leanne Wood 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 2 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 World Does Not Revolve Around Curmudgeon Avenue (Curmudgeon Avenue #5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020 — 2 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
	Piccalilly 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Quirky Tales to Make Your Day 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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

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Curmudgeon Avenue #5.5

Hi!

Happy November everyone!

I have a new book - a new volume of Curmudgeon Avenue and it is absolutely free!

Curmudgeon Avenue's #Manchesterlockdown

Only available via my newsletter which is part of a promotion until the 5th of December 2020 follow this link : https://books.bookfunnel.com/funny-fa...

There you will find 25 free books (I only wrote one of them).

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