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Louise Beech is the author of eleven novels and a memoir, Eighteen Seconds (2023). Her debut, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers’ Pick; The Lion Tamer Who Lost shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Awards 2019 and longlisted for the Polari Prize the same year; Call Me Star Girl was Best magazine’s Book of the Year; This Is How We Are Human was a Clare Mackintosh Book Club pick; and the audiobook of her memoir, Daffodils, shortlisted for the Audies23. Her thrillers, End of Story and Lights Out, are written as Louise Swanson; the former was chosen by Sophie Hannah as a Book of the Year in the Daily Mail, and the latter was reviewed by The Times. Her debut play, How to be Brave, toured Yorkshire venues in ...more

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	This Is How We Are Human 4.36 avg rating — 1,310 ratings — published 2021 — 8 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 Mountain in my Shoe 4.11 avg rating — 971 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Lion Tamer Who Lost 4.32 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 2018 — 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
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	I Am Dust 3.87 avg rating — 732 ratings — published 2020 — 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
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	Nothing Else 4.25 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2022 — 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
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Janice has done it AGAIN! Consistently one of my favourite authors around. Another thrilling, clever, unique novel that hooked me for three days.
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Louise Beech liked Sue Fehlinger's review of The Lion Tamer Who Lost: "Absolutely loved it. The most beautiful love story between two men and the setting of the lion sanctuary added to it. Most unusual but I could not put it down. I loved Andrew, such a sweet man. Lots of unexpected twists too. A brilliant read. "
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“I’ve always thought it astonishing that there are only twelve musical notes, far fewer than there are letters in the alphabet, and yet we create millions of different melodies, telling millions of different stories.”
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