Erica James (born 1960) is a British writer of twenty-four best-selling

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s. In 2006, her novel ''Gardens of Delight'' won the

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from the

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., having been short-listed four times previously. James has an international following and has been translated into thirteen languages, with the Norwegian edition of Summer at the Lake, ‘Alt i et Oyeblikk’, being a No.1 best-seller there.

Biography

Born in 1960 in Surrey, England, she grew up on

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, Hampshire. Divorced, she has two grown-up sons, Edward and Samuel, and two grandchildren. She lives in Suffolk. She began writing after attending a creative writing course with the

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and had her first novel, ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ published in 1996, reaching the Sunday Times best-seller list that year. As of 2022, she has sold in excess of five million copies of her novels.

Bibliography

Single novels

* ''A Breath of Fresh Air'' (1996) * ''Time for a Change'' (1997) * ''Airs and Graces'' (1997) * ''A Sense of Belonging'' (1998) * ''Act of Faith'' (1999) * ''The Holiday'' (2000) * ''Precious Time'' (2001) * ''Hidden Talents'' (2002) * ''Paradise House'' (2003) * ''Love and Devotion'' (2004) * ''Gardens of Delight'' (2005) * ''Tell It to the Skies'' (2007) * ''It's the Little Things'' (2008) * ''The Queen of New Beginnings'' (2010) * ''Promises, Promises'' (2010) * ''The Real Katie Lavender'' (2011) * ''The Hidden Cottage'' (2013) * ''Summer at the Lake'' (2014) * ''The Dandelion Years'' (2015) * ''Song of the Skylark'' (2016) * ''Coming Home to Island House'' (2018) * ''Swallowtail Summer'' (2019) * ''Letters from the Past'' (2020) * ''Mothers and Daughters'' (2022)

Anthologies in collaboration

* ''What A Woman Wants'' (2006) (with

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and Maureen Lee)

References

External links

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