Lucinda Riley
Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with all cultures around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series.
Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year – an award last won by J K Rowling for Harry Potter.
In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised a series of books for children called the Guardian Angels series, based on stories told to her children whenever they were facing a challenging situation. Harry then wrote the books, and they are now being published internationally.
Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written.
Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on June 11th 2021, surrounded by her family.
Books by Lucinda Riley
Bill and the Dream Angel
Hothouse Flower
The Murders at Fleat House
Grace and the Christmas Angel
Rosie and the Friendship Angel
The Missing Sister
The Sun Sister
The Butterfly Room
The Moon Sister
The Storm Sister
The Seven Sisters
The Love Letter
The Pearl Sister
The Olive Tree
The Angel Tree
The Italian Girl
The Midnight Rose
The Light Behind The Window
Alfie and the Angel of Lost Things
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt
The Shadow Sister
Series by Lucinda Riley