Isabel Ashdown (born 1970) is a British writer of contemporary fiction.
Biography
Isabel Ashdown was born in
London
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and grew up in
East Wittering
East Wittering is a coastal village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. The majority of the village lies within the civil parish of East Wittering, while the western edge lies within the boundary of West Wittering civil parish. ...
on the south coast of England. She is the author of eight novels,
a
Royal Literary Fund Fellow, and a member of the
Society of Authors
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. In 2014 she was Writer in Residence at the
University of Brighton
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.
Her
debut novel
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was ''Glasshopper'' which received some critical appreciation.
She started writing thrillers with "Little Sister" (2017).
She worked in education and product marketing, and currently writes full-time.
Novels
References
External links
Isabel Ashdown's Official Website
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Alumni of the University of Chichester
British women writers
Living people
1970 births
People from Chichester District