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Freya Berry

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Freya Berry always loved stories, but it took several years as a journalist to realise she loves the kind of truth that lies in fiction, not reality. (Or, to put it another way, making stuff up is more fun.)
Her second novel, The Birdcage Library, is out now: an adventuress discovers an old book containing clues about the disappearance of a woman who vanished 50 years before. Set between a Scottish castle in the 1930s and an exotic animal emporium in Gilded Age New York, it's a twisting Gothic tale of secrets, obsession and murder. Oh, and taxidermy.
Her first novel The Dictator's Wife, a high-stakes exploration of power, glamour and complicity, was shortlisted for the Authors' Club First Novel Award, a pick for the BBC's flagship book show
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Average rating: 3.58 · 3,118 ratings · 435 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Birdcage Library

3.79 avg rating — 1,665 ratings — published 2023 — 10 editions
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The Dictator's Wife

3.33 avg rating — 1,418 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions
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La Bibliothèque aux oiseaux

4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings2 editions
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La Bibliothèque aux oiseaux

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“Everyone needs an escape from the humdrum pain of living. The trick is to do so in a manner that enlivens”
Freya Berry, The Birdcage Library

“The joy of books is that adults will not judge you for your rapacity; it is the only vice that may be entertained quite respectably in public.”
Freya Berry, The Birdcage Library

“We had reduced nature to what we could extract from it; eternal growth was portrayed not as a fantasy but as the mightiest of pursuits.”
Freya Berry, The Birdcage Library

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