Welcome to my redesigned website.
Publication of Prayers for Anxiety and Prayers for OCD brings my book count to 54.
On the family history side:
I’ve now restored the SAMPSON, LEE and CORY lines in my family history and the PRIESTLEY, BRAY and TOOTLE lines in Jack’s.
We are now three-quarters of the way through, though there are many more files which never made it on to the old site.
And there are still many books pages to restore.
I am the author of over 50 books: novels for children and adults, and non-fiction. They cover a wide range, with a particular love of fantasy and Celtic history. Even my contemporary crime novels have links to history and sacred places. I have been three times shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and have won the Barco de Vapor Award and the CRT Fiction Book of the Year. 50th Book Party
I am also a keen family historian. I am researching my own family history, mostly in Devon and Kent, and my husband Jack Priestley’s ancestors, mainly in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Some lines go back more than 30 generations, from paupers to lords of the manor. I even know the village in Normandy one of my ancestors came from.
WRITINGS
I am currently working on a book about the first English saints.