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Lucy Atkins

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Lucy Atkins is an award-winning author and journalist. Her bestseller, MAGPIE LANE, is a literary mystery set in an Oxford College, and was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Guardian, The Telegraph, Good Housekeeping magazine and Radio 4's Open Book. THE NIGHT VISITOR has been optioned for television. Her latest novel, WINDMILL HILL has been described as 'a triumph' by Philip Pullman and was a Summer Books 2023 pick in The Guardian and The Observer.

Lucy teaches on the Creative Writing Masters degree at Oxford University. She is a book critic for The Sunday Times, the Guardian, and other publications. She has also written several non-fiction books, including the Amazon #1 parenting bestseller, First-Time Parent (Collins, 2008).

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Windmill Hill is out in the world!

Windmill Hill is now out in the world after a series of pre-publication events, reviews, a launch party, and an ongoing book tour.

It’s been wild to go from the solitude of the writing shed, into Festivals, bookshops & parties. It’s been so long since I did this. Magpie Lane was published in the very first week of lockdown, so that book tour, and two launch parties*, were cancelled. This is, essen

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	Magpie Lane 3.95 avg rating — 9,102 ratings — published 2020 — 13 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 Other Child 3.64 avg rating — 4,431 ratings — published 2015 — 11 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 Night Visitor 3.74 avg rating — 3,230 ratings — published 2017 — 17 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 Missing One 3.83 avg rating — 2,262 ratings — published 2014 — 24 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
	First-time Parent 3.99 avg rating — 1,265 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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
	Windmill Hill 3.85 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 2023 — 6 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
	Blooming Birth: How to Get the Pregnancy and Birth You Want by Lucy Atkins (Goodreads Author), Julia Guderian 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2005 — 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
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	First-time parent and dude you're gonna be a dad! and what to expect 3 books collection set by Lucy Atkins (Goodreads Author), John Pfeiffer, Heidi Murkoff 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Windmill Hill: a gripping mystery of hidden secrets and loyal friendships 3.50 avg rating — 2 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

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“People are all the same, really. The one thing you can rely on is that they will behave exactly as you feared they might.”
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“It is, I’ve realized, entirely possible to hold two realities in one’s mind simultaneously, and to believe them both at a visceral level.”
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“People used to hide things under the floorboards to distract the evil spirits, so they wouldn’t hurt the family. A sort of decoy.”
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