Step into a Strange world . . .

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of author Lucy Strange

 
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"Storytelling at its very best" KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
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"As much fairy tale as historical fiction" THE TELEGRAPH
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"Her stories are uncannily good" M G LEONARD
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"Eerie, shimmering, unputdownable . . . " HILARY MCKAY
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"Addictively Spooky" THE TIMES
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INSTAGRAM @thelucystrange

View fullsize There's a morning mist over the meadow. The sunlight streaming through my writing shed window is more gentle, more golden. I've swapped my usual mid-morning Earl Grey for a smoky Lapsang Souchong. Ideally, I'd be diving deep into my next writing pr
View fullsize I am on a MISSION to visit as many branches of @waterstones as I possibly can while Cut Him Out in Little Stars is the YA BOTM and I have been meeting some totally awesome booksellers 🧡 Shout outs to just a few of them here - utter bloomin legends
View fullsize Love you, librarians!! 🤗🧡📚 Lockett & Wilde: The Ghosts of the Library is out on 22nd October, and it's available to pre-order now 👻 If you're on my email list, you'll get an exclusive early read of Chapter 1 later this week! (Wait till you
View fullsize Murder mystery fans of all ages!! Come and join me at the @eastbournelitfest on Sunday 27th September at 1.30pm! 📚🍰📚🍰📚🍰📚🍰📚🍰 Get your detective notebooks ready, because it’s time for Murder on a Midsummer Night! Join Lucy Strange fo
View fullsize Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries are perfect books to read together - with lots of opportunities for comical character voices 😂 On 22nd October the third and final Lockett & Wilde book will be published - and the trilogy wil
View fullsize Thanks so much to @youthlibrariesgroup and @barringtonstoke - it was an honour to be on this panel with Ailsa Bathgate, @lukethepalmer and @official_bali_rai at the Youth Libraries Group Conference in Oxford. And thank you Kelly Greenwood for chairi
View fullsize And if you'd like the latest news on my books, events, talks and signings, just head to my website lucystrange.org (link in bio) and scroll down for my newsletter sign up! It takes about 5 seconds and I promise not to spam you. As well as book news
View fullsize APPARENTLY it isn't feasible to visit every single @waterstones in the country during the month of September while Cut Him Out in Little Stars is the YA BOTM (my husband was not impressed by my brilliant idea of him chucking in his job and buying a c
View fullsize I am bursting with THANK YOUs 😁😁😁 Thank you to Lucy and the whole @waterstones team, to Hannah and Jordan and ALL the amazing Waterstones booksellers who are helping my WW2 romance to find its booky people!! (Particular thanks to the genius who ca
View fullsize Are you looking for reading recs to get your teen hooked on books? 📚 Or are you the parent of a teen reader who devours books, and you're after a few more age-appropriate suggestions? 📚 Either way, you're in luck because we are definitely living
View fullsize It was an honour to read an early copy of this brilliant book by @kate_g_heap 📚🧡 It is SO genuinely useful for busy primary school teachers - and it is OUT NOW! @hachettelearning
View fullsize I'll be at this year's #CheltLitFest running GOTHIC WRITING workshops for KS3 students!! Teachers - make sure you book soon via the website! 📚💜 @cheltfestivals @uk_litfests @chickenhousebooks
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