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Ann Swinfen

Born

in Akron, Ohio, The United States

October 05, 1937

Died

August 04, 2018

Website

http://www.annswinfen.com

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

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Ann Swinfen spent her childhood partly in England and partly on the east coast of America. She read Classics and Mathematics at Oxford, where she married a fellow undergraduate, the historian David Swinfen. While bringing up their five children and studying for an MSc in Mathematics and a BA and PhD in English Literature, she had a variety of jobs, including university lecturer, translator, freelance journalist and software designer.

She served for nine years on the governing council of the Open University and for five years worked as a manager and editor in the technical author division of an international computer company, but gave up her full-time job to concentrate on her writing, while continuing part-time university teaching. In 1995 ...more

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Dr Ann Swinfen – 1937 – 2018

It is with deepest regret that I have to tell her many readers that my dear wife Ann passed away quite suddenly at home on the morning of Saturday the 4th of August. Now there will be no more wonderful stories of Christoval Alvarez, or Nicholas and Emma. I have decided, however, to keep this website open for the foreseeable future, so that new readers will continue to have access to her compelling

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Ann Swinfen’s books

Average rating: 4.29 · 19,557 ratings · 1,287 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bookseller's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 4,189 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Novice's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 2,189 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Huntsman's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 1,801 ratings — published 2017	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 Merchant's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries, #4) 4.38 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Stonemason's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries #6) 4.39 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Troubadour's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 1,452 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Secret World of Christoval Alvarez (The Chronicles of Christoval Alvarez #1) 4.14 avg rating — 1,085 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Enterprise of England (The Chronicles of Christoval Alvarez, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Bartholomew Fair (The Chronicles of Christoval Alvarez, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 634 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Voyage to Muscovy (The Chronicles of Christoval Alvarez, #6) 4.38 avg rating — 562 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

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Quotes by Ann Swinfen (?)

“You cannot often turn a fanatic from the path on which he has set his foot, whatever the catastrophe that lies ahead.”
― Ann Swinfen, The Bookseller's Tale

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“It is always good – is it not? – when all that hard work of writing pages is turned into a solid book which will last for generations. You can be proud of that.”
― Ann Swinfen, The Bookseller's Tale

tags: books, writing, writing-process

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“We may think that our skill lies in creating something out of nothing, but it is not so. God is the Creator of all things. Our years of training serve only to teach us how to recognise what lies beneath the surface.”
― Ann Swinfen, The Stonemason's Tale

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Voting for July 2019 - published in 2016

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

9 votes, 30.0%

The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza

5 votes, 16.7%

Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless

3 votes, 10.0%

A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell

3 votes, 10.0%

Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta

3 votes, 10.0%

The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong

2 votes, 6.7%

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

2 votes, 6.7%

The Bookseller's Tale by Ann Swinfen

1 vote, 3.3%

The Birdwatcher by William Shaw

1 vote, 3.3%

A Proposal to Die For by Vivian Conroy

1 vote, 3.3%

Crime on the Fens by Joy Ellis

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Ann Swinfen’s Followers (217)

Ann Swinfen

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Dr Ann Swinfen – 1937 – 2018

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