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Stephanie Bretherton

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Born in Hong Kong to a pair of Liverpudlians (and something of a nomad ever since), Stephanie is based in London but manages her sanity by escaping to any kind of coast. Before returning to her first love of writing fiction, Stephanie spent many years pursuing alternative forms of storytelling, from stage to screen and media to marketing. Meanwhile, an enduring love affair with words has led her down many a wormhole on the written page. Drawn to what connects rather than separates, Stephanie has channeled a lifelong curiosity for science, history and spirituality into her debut novel, Bone Lines, and into short stories, poems and various works in progress. This includes ideas for the continuation of the Children of Sarah series, of which Bo ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 199 ratings · 83 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bone Lines (The Children of Sarah #1) 3.75 avg rating — 147 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
	Taking Liberties: A Short Story Anthology by Stephanie Bretherton (Goodreads Author), Sue Clark, Jason Cobley 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Sunshine Superhighway by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Sarena Ulibarri (Goodreads Author), James Rumpel 4.64 avg rating — 11 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 Fire in Their Eyes (The Children of Sarah #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 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
	Order and Chaos: A Short Story Anthology by Stephanie Bretherton (Goodreads Author), Eli Allison (Goodreads Author), Mark Bowsher (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 10 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
	Elemental by Stephanie Bretherton (Goodreads Author), Zena Barrie (Goodreads Author), Mark Bowsher (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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

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Stephanie Bretherton liked Lucy Allen's review of The Fire in Their Eyes (The Children of Sarah #2): "This is an absorbing and challenging read. The author writes beautifully and the story which skips between the ancient and modern keeps you gripped. The characters are vivid and very likeable even when they are discussing, what was for me, quite diff" Read more of this review »
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