frances quinn
@franquinn
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Author of The Smallest Man and That Bonesetter Woman, agent @alicelutyens. Not the one who won GBBO but could knock up a Victoria sandwich if pushed
Hove, England
Joined March 2009
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer @MichelleMone - who today rightly (& wonderfully) lost her legal case - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What,
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* * * Gold Bull Takes a 6% Breath. Why? * * * In early trading, Monex Spot Gold was down $260/oz to $4,100, which was a 6% correction on the day, for this raging gold bull market. The ‘Gold Bull’ takes a breath, so to speak. Why? Like we said in our last post, ‘gold
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Two weeks today till the first Ipswich Book Festival! I’ve made my list of must-sees, including Eva Verde, Wendy Holden and Kate Sawyer. Find yours at https://t.co/YsRSmxdumN
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How are the wedding dresses staying so clean? #StrandedOnHoneymoonIsland
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@franquinn hi just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed The Lost Passenger. I’ve had it on loan from the library for ages, but have just devoured it in two days! What a wonderful story - it had everything you can ever want from a book. Thank you once again 😍
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Time for a #GIVEAWAY I have five signed copies of The Silent Killer pb to #giveaway To get your name in the hat simply follow me and retweet this Offer closes on Sep 18. I will draw a winner out each day next week. UK only #readingcommunity #Reading @northern_crime @TheD20Authors
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@BBCBreaking @HeathrowAirport Many people are asking if this is smoke or chemical vapour… That is in fact a cloud. #heathrow #Terminal 4
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When Zahawi evaded tax, it was news for a day. Over £3m by the way. He was Chancellor and we were even paying to keep his freaking horses stables warm. Paid his mortgage, energy bills etc. We paid for Sunak’s personal swimming pool. Johnson had his flat redecorated. Sunak legit
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The Lost Passenger by @franquinn is currently 99p on the #Kindle! After surviving the Titanic, Elinor Coombes disappears into a new life under a stolen name. #TheLostPassenger is a powerful story of escape, reinvention, and sacrifice. #BookTwitter
https://t.co/DVx2IwTiNh
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I'm speaking at the Brontë Society's Festival of Women's Writing in September. There are lots of amazing women speaking there - I'll be in the audience for other events - why not join us? https://t.co/AqxAvuzlnr
@BronteParsonage @The_CWA #thriller #crime #BookLovers #readers
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Can 100% recommend The Author Clinic
Writing can be a lonely business and talking through issues with other writers who understand is invaluable. Is there an idea you want to brainstorm? Are you stuck in the soggy middle or with plotting? Do you have a burning question about publishing? The Author Clinic can help!
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Writing can be a lonely business and talking through issues with other writers who understand is invaluable. Is there an idea you want to brainstorm? Are you stuck in the soggy middle or with plotting? Do you have a burning question about publishing? The Author Clinic can help!
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🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME Like + RT to win my Byzantine myth reimagining YA fantasy, The Book of Heartbreak 💔✨ Or… you could just preorder it wherever you buy your books 🧡🧿 1 winner will receive: 📖 A UK edition 📍 Bookmark 💌 Postcard 📬 Open internationally ⏰Ends 26th August
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The Daily Telegraph shouts: “1 in 8 prisoners were born overseas.” What it doesn’t shout: 16.8% of people in England & Wales were born overseas (me included). So if anything, migrants are underrepresented in prisons. Dog whistle headline, meet basic maths.
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A disabled man has chosen to stop taking life-saving medication because it is too hard to get health and social care This is the system we're introducing assisted suicide into. Are we ashamed yet? https://t.co/k38DO0Cv32
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Tim Hull, who has a rare neurological condition, says his quality of life is "very, very low".
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Bargain alert! Lots of great books at 25% off when you pre-order from Waterstones. Buy any of them but if you like smart, funny, heartwarming fiction, buy this one
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👋 For your Friday: have a 🎧 to #Histfic ‘The Lost Passenger’ with @franquinn discussing #Edwardian Aristocratic lifestyle, The Titanic and New York! Her inspirations and where the novel is bounded in #history 💬 A really enjoyable ep discussing how using history as the context
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@franquinn, I have just finished The Lost Passenger and just wanted to say how much I really enjoyed it. 😊📚👍
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I’ve had a sneak preview of this one - The Book of Heartbreak - and I am very glad Ova turned Microsoft down! It’s amazing and so is she
I always thought my biggest success was getting a job offer from Microsoft. But I turned it down and pursued writing instead. I did it in a second language, in a country I came to as an immigrant. Now that book has sold in six countries.
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