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Elizabeth Ducie

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I was born and brought up in Birmingham. As a teenager, I won a holiday to France, Spain and Portugal for writing essays and poetry in a newspaper competition. Despite this promising start in the literary world, I took scientific qualifications and spent more than thirty years as a manufacturing consultant, technical writer and small business owner, publishing a number of pharmaceutical text books and editing a technical journal along the way. I returned to creative writing in 2006 and since then, I have written short stories and poetry for competitions — and have had a few wins, several honourable mentions and some short-listing. I am also published in several anthologies.

Under the Chudleigh Phoenix Publications imprint, I have published f I was born and brought up in Birmingham. As a teenager, I won a holiday to France, Spain and Portugal for writing essays and poetry in a newspaper competition. Despite this promising start in the literary world, I took scientific qualifications and spent more than thirty years as a manufacturing consultant, technical writer and small business owner, publishing a number of pharmaceutical text books and editing a technical journal along the way. I returned to creative writing in 2006 and since then, I have written short stories and poetry for competitions — and have had a few wins, several honourable mentions and some short-listing. I am also published in several anthologies.

Under the Chudleigh Phoenix Publications imprint, I have published four solo collections of short stories and co-authored another two. I also write and lecture on business skills for writers running their own small business. My debut novel, Gorgito’s Ice Rink, which was published in 2014, was Runner Up in Writing Magazine's 2015 Self-Published Book of the Year Awards. In August 2018, it received a Chill With A Book Award. My second novel, Counterfeit!, was published in 2016. It is the first in a series of international thrillers. It came third in the Literature Works 2015 First Page Writing Prize. The second in the series, Deception!, came out in September 2017, and Corruption! came a year later. The fourth and final part of the series will be published in September 2024. In the meantime, I have written the Coombesford Chronicles, a series of cosy crime, set in and English village.

Having left Birmingham to study in London, I lived for more than twenty years in Wilmington, Kent. In 2007, I moved to the South West of England, where I live with my husband, Michael, in a converted granary sited picturesquely on the banks of, and occasionally within the path of, a small stream. In 2012 I graduated from Exeter University with an MA in Creative Writing and closed down my technical consultancy in order to concentrate full-time on my writing.

I was editor of the Chudleigh Phoenix Community Magazine, a monthly online newsletter for fourteen years, finishing in 2023. I am a member of the Chudleigh Writers' Circle and was one of the organisers of the annual Chudleigh Literary Festival which ran from 2011 to 2019. I was Director of the Exeter Literary Festival for 2020 and 2021. I am also a member of Exeter Writers, South Hams Authors' Network, Teignmouth Writers and the Women in Publishing community in the US. I spend far too much time on Facebook and Twitter, but have met some wonderful members of the writing community as a result.

When I am not writing, I am a keen reader and singer. I also enjoy live theatre of any kind, share with my husband a love of fine dining, and am a real sucker for the kind of country house hotel where you can kick off your shoes and curl up with a book in front of a log fire.

I would like you to believe I am also a keen walker, enjoying the beauties of Dartmoor and the South Devon coastline—but, as a writer, I'm good at making things up. ...more

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	Murder at Mountjoy Manor (Coombesford Chronicles Book 1) 4.06 avg rating — 394 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
	Villainy at the Village Store (Coombesford Chronicles #2) 4.40 avg rating — 83 ratings — 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
	Counterfeit! (Suzanne Jones, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Calamity at Coombesford Church: An unmissable cozy murder mystery set in the heart of an English village (Coombesford Chronicles Book 3) 4.63 avg rating — 52 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
	Gorgito's Ice Rink 4.27 avg rating — 41 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
	Silenced at the Summer Social (Coombesford Chronicles #4) 4.42 avg rating — 26 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
	Deception! (Suzanne Jones, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	Corruption! (Suzanne Jones, #3) 4.61 avg rating — 18 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
	Coombesford Calendar volume I 4.64 avg rating — 14 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
	Retribution!: a gripping and explosive crime thriller full of twists (The Jones Sisters Thrillers Book 4) 4.83 avg rating — 12 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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Elizabeth Ducie has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th Annual Women in Publishing Summit. The award was presented at the closing session on Wednesday 11th March.

Elizabeth, who lives in Chudleigh is a prolific author with 24 titles to her name across a variety of genres. During a long career as an international manufacturing consultant, she authored a number of textbooks and

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A tale of family secrets and the obsession to uncover them, set against the bleak, terrible setting of a crumbling Cornish coast in the depths of winter. J H Mann has a talent for turning the setting into a major character. I could feel myself trudgi ...more
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On the Booker 2026 Longlist. A beautiful observation of modern life and the process of growing old and disillusioned.
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Listened to the audio book. A good story with lots of threads and a few red herrings. Didn't guess the murderer until almost the last minute. A perfect murder mystery. ...more
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Pat Barker takes the Trojan Wars and turns them on their head by showing us the women's point of view. I have seen some criticism of the anachronisms and modern vernacular, but as someone without a background in classical history, this didn't bother ...more
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Great news series and some wonderful characters. Loved it and looking forward to reading more.
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Good fun, especially if you are a foodie. Some truly cringe-worthy moments and a cute dog, too. A good easy read.
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Second outing for Paul Delamare and this one is even better than the first one. Very complex plot but it all made sense in the end.
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Very much a boys' adventure story and of its time. But I enjoyed the character of Long John Silver and see now where Captain Jack Sparrow comes from. ...more
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This series keeps delivering. Listened to the audio book and it was a great way to while away a few hours.
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Very readable, but not as good as the Hilary Green series. Hopefully this one will develop.
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Terry wrote: "Hi Elizabeth! Thanks so much for adding your review for You Wish on here !! And welcome to Goodreads...!! :)"

Thanks Terry. It's all very new to me, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. Are you a librarian by any chance? I need to get an error corrected in the entry for 'Trifles' (name spelled incorrectly) but I don't seem able to do it myself - as the name is wrong, it's not recognising me as me!

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