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Lorna Fergusson is an award-winning short story writer and novelist. Founder of Fictionfire Literary Consultancy, she is an experienced editor, speaker and writing coach, and has taught on various Oxford University writing programmes for over twenty years. She originally published her novel 'The Chase' via Bloomsbury, before republishing it through Fictionfire Press. Her latest book is 'One Morning in Provence', a collection of short stories set in France. She has won an Ian St James Award and the Historical Novel Society’s Short Story Award, as well as being shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Pan Macmillan’s Write Now Prize for children's fiction, the Mogford Prize (twice) and the Historical Novel Society’s First Chapters prize. Her Histo ...more

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	The Chase 3.89 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1999 — 9 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
	Distant Echoes: stories of people, places and times past by writers from the Historical Novel Society by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger (Goodreads Author), Ann Aylor, Dorita Avila 3.87 avg rating — 30 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
	No Woman is an Island: Inspiring and Empowering International Women (Pandora's Boxed Set 1) by Liza Perrat (Goodreads Author), Linda Gillard (Goodreads Author), Lorna Fergusson (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 16 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
	The Beggar at the Gate and Other Stories: HNSLondon12 Short Story Anthology by Jasmina Svenne (Contributor), Elizabeth Carden (Contributor), Anna Belfrage (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	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
	An Oxford Vengeance 4.11 avg rating — 9 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
	One Morning in Provence 4.83 avg rating — 6 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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