Stef Penney

Nov 23, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Stef Penney |Charmaine R. Lim

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Aug 14, 2024 | theadvertiser.ie | Stef Penney

Gripping literary mystery set in a remote Norwegian communityBy Stef PenneyAuthor of the Costa-prizewinning, world-wide bestseller The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney, returns to her snow-covered heartland in this tense mystery set in a small Scandinavian town. Nordland. A region in the Norwegian Arctic; a remote valley that stretches from the sea up to the mountains and glaciers. It is May in what was once a prosperous mining community.

Aug 24, 2023 | girl.com.au | Stef Penney

A dazzling, panoramic epic of love and survival set in late 19th century Paris in the vein of Hilary Mantel and Susanna Clarke from an award-winning author. Anne is a former patient from a women's asylum trying to carve out a new life for herself in a world that doesn't understand her. Newcomer Lawrence is desperate to develop his talent as a photographer and escape the restrictions of his puritanical upbringing.

Jul 18, 2023 | thegoodwebguide.co.uk | Stef Penney |Rob Rinder |Christoffer van Tulleken |Anna Funder

Every domestic chore, car journey and even afternoon spent on a sun lounger is improved by an audiobook. ‘The engaging narration of the best audiobooks can breathe new life into prose, or with expert acting, add new dimensions to a tale,’ says Vogue. From hot new fiction to a gripping health treatise, we’ve rounded up the best releases of the season here.

Jul 4, 2023 | bookanista.com | Stef Penney

What was it like to be a gay man in Paris in 1870? While researching my novel The Beasts of Paris, I couldn’t find much in 19th-century writing about homosexual love, and even later there are strangely few literary, queer, period-set love stories (shout outs to Sarah Waters and Mary Renault), so I’m pushing the boundaries of both ‘love story’ and ‘historical’ here.