Clare Mackintosh

Wales

Writer at Freelance

Writer. Mother. Ex cop. ✏️ 2 million+ books sold 🎲 #AGameOfLies out now https://t.co/8lWsvxCqrr

Articles

Palé Hall: North Wales country house hotel with five stars

Oct 12, 2024 | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Clare Mackintosh

Anthony and Donna Cooper-Barney have only had the keys to Palé Hall – North Wales’s celebrated AA Five Red Star country house hotel – for a few months, but they seem entirely at ease in their palatial new surroundings. It’s a world away from the Nottingham council estate where Donna grew up, from which her parents ran a successful market stall business. After school, Donna would polish the shoes for sale and sort them into pairs.
I left hospital with only one baby. Then I fell pregnant with twins again

Aug 30, 2024 | metro.co.uk | Clare Mackintosh

Lying on the examining table, I gasped as the sonographer smeared cold gel on my stomach. Then, as the grainy picture appeared on the screen beside us, I held my breath. This wasn't my first ultrasound. At this point in June 2007, I was eight weeks into my second pregnancy. But whereas before I had prayed just to hear a heartbeat, this time I was praying there would only be one. My husband and I started trying for a baby soon after we married in 2004.
My Summer Reading Recommendations

Aug 13, 2024 | uk.bookshop.org | Clare Mackintosh

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Maria and Katherine Talk to Mothers and Daughters About Parenting Grandchildren

May 11, 2024 | mariashriversundaypaper.com | Clare Mackintosh

Maria and her daughter Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt sit down with a pair of grandmothers and their adult daughters for an honest conversation about the benefits and challenges of parenting grandchildren and how they make of their relationships work. To continue reading Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper, please enter your name and email below. You'll receive instant access to this article and more! By joining, you accept acknowledge and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
The Bookseller - Comment - Reality show

May 2, 2024 | thebookseller.com | Clare Mackintosh

Having not long finished a sell-out book tour with my latest thriller, A Game of Lies, I was taken aback to arrive at my first memoir event to find only a handful of people in the audience.
I left hospital with only one baby. Then I fell pregnant with twins again

Apr 28, 2024 | metro.co.uk | Clare Mackintosh

Lying on the examining table, I gasped as the sonographer smeared cold gel on my stomach. Then, as the grainy picture appeared on the screen beside us, I held my breath. This wasn't my first ultrasound. At this point in June 2007, I was eight weeks into my second pregnancy. But whereas before I had prayed just to hear a heartbeat, this time I was praying there would only be one. My husband and I started trying for a baby soon after we married in 2004.
A Game of Lies | Bookreporter.com

Apr 26, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Clare Mackintosh

Reality competition television has long been a regular form of programming around the world and has become fodder for the psychological thriller genre. Clare Mackintosh tackles this subject in her latest novel, A GAME OF LIES. “Exposure” is set in Wales and features seven strangers vying for a large payout if they can outlast their competition. Of course, the show’s slick producer has other plans, and they have no idea what’s in store for them.
I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This: 18 Assurances on Grief

Mar 22, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Clare Mackintosh

Clare Mackintosh, the bestselling author of such thrillers as HOSTAGE and THE LAST PARTY, invites readers into --- and out of --- her deeply personal grief in I PROMISE IT WON’T ALWAYS HURT LIKE THIS, a meditative collection of essays on grief, healing and remembrance. It can be odd to think of your favorite authors as living, breathing people going about their days --- preparing meals, stubbing a toe, calling a friend --- and living perfectly normal lives outside of their work.
I was a mother of two. Five weeks later, a mother of one. Here's what I learned about true grief

Mar 8, 2024 | irishexaminer.com | Clare Mackintosh

If you had asked me when I was in my 20s what grief felt like, I would have told you it felt like sadness. I would have told you that people who were grieving cried a great deal, found little joy in everyday pleasures, but that they eventually moved on. I knew nothing, back then, of grief. Three of my grandparents died when I was very young, and when the fourth passed away, I was old enough to understand that, sometimes, death is a relief.
I became self-employed and it turns out I'm the worst boss I've ever had

Aug 24, 2023 | inews.co.uk | Clare Mackintosh

Earlier this year, I rounded up my symptoms (exhaustion, headaches, inability to concentrate) and took them to the doctor. He told me to talk him through a typical week, then diagnosed me with stress as I reached Wednesday afternoon. “Tell your boss you need a holiday,” he said. The trouble is, I am the boss. I’ve been a workaholic all my life. In the run-up to A-levels, my dad was tempting me with beer money if I’d just ditch the books for a few hours.