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Diane Setterfield Biography & Facts
Diane Setterfield (born 22 August 1964) is an English author whose 2006 debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, became a New York Times No. 1 best-seller. Setterfield won the 2007 Quill Award, debut author of the year, for the novel. It is written in the Gothic tradition, with echoes of Brontë sisters' Jane Eyre (1847) and Wuthering Heights (1847). The rights were acquired by David Heyman at Heyday Films and the novel was adapted for television by Christopher Hampton. Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, and Sophie Turner, The Thirteenth Tale was televised on BBC Two in December 2013. Diane Setterfield's second novel, Bellman & Black, was published in 2013 by Emily Bestler Books/Atria in the United States and by Orion in the UK. Her third novel, Once Upon a River, was published in 2018. Before writing, Setterfield studied French literature at the University of Bristol, earning a bachelor of arts in 1986 and a PhD in 1993. Setterfield's PhD is on "autobiographical structures in André Gide's early fiction." Setterfield taught at schools as well as privately before leaving teaching in the late 1990s. Setterfield grew up in Theale, Berkshire. She lives in Oxford, England. Awards Quill Award (2007) for The Thirteenth Tale Novels The Thirteenth Tale (2006) Bellman & Black (2013) Once Upon a River (2018) References External links "Diane Setterfield: Official website of Diane Setterfield". Diane Setterfield. Biography at Book Browse. Discover the Diane Setterfield popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Diane Setterfield books.
Best Seller Diane Setterfield Books of 2024
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The Drowned City
K. J. Maitland'A gripping thriller' THE TIMES'Dark and enthralling' ANDREW TAYLOR'Goes right to the heart of the Jacobean court' TRACY BORMANGunpowder and treason changed England forever. But th...
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The Honey and the Sting
Elizabeth Fremantle'A lush, thrilling pageturner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' Eve Chase, author of The Glass House'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in thi...
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The Library at Mount Char
Scott Hawkins“Wholly original . . . the work of the newest major talent in fantasy.”The Wall Street Journal“Freakishly compelling . . . through heartthumping acts of violence and laughoutl...
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The Secret Keeper
Kate MortonFrom the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of Homecoming, The Distant Hours, The Forgotten Garden, and The House at Riverton comes a spellbinding novel of fa...
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre is the inspiring heroine of one of the bestloved British novels of all time. ...
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Wuthering Heights
Emily BrontëRediscover Emily Bronte's powerful tale of love, violence and obsession. ...
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The Separation
Dinah JefferiesFROM THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE The Separation, Dinah Jefferies' stunning debut novel, is the heartbreaking tale of a family fractured by lies and on...
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The Order of the Furies
Niklas Natt och DagThe spellbinding and eerie finale to the #1 internationally bestselling “cerebral, immersive” (The Washington Post) historical trilogy follows two unlikely allies as they struggle ...
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The Fair Botanists
Sara SheridanSELECTED AS THE WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'Compelling, fascinating . . . A cracking good read' Val McDermid'An evocative, enjoyable portrait of 1820s Edinburgh' Sun...
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Once Upon a River
Diane SetterfieldFrom the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “eerie and fascinating” (USA TODAY) The Thirteenth Tale comes a “swift and entrancing, profound and beautiful” (Madelin...
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The Bone Hunters
Joanne Burn'An engrossing tale of a woman striving for the recognition she deserves in the face of male indifference and betrayal' SUNDAY TIMES 'Best historical fiction for February 2024'THE ...
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Sin Eater
Megan Campisi“For fans of The Handmaid’s Tale...a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine...is a riveting depiction of hardwon female empowerment” (The Washington Post).The...
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The House of the Wind
Titania HardieThe internationally bestselling author of The Rose Labyrinth returns with a love story of magic and healing that takes readers from the heartache of a young human rights lawyer in ...
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The Whispering House
Elizabeth Brooks"Eerie and addictive. . . . Like Wuthering Heights, The Whispering House is a melancholy novel, its characters filled with dark longings." The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the a...
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The House at Riverton
Kate MortonFrom the author of #1 international bestseller The Forgotten Garden and New York Times bestseller Homecoming comes a gorgeous novel set in England between World War I and World War...
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The House on Vesper Sands
Paraic O’DonnellAn Oprah Daily and CrimeReads Best Historical Novel of 2021Named a Library Reads Pick, Apple Books' Best Book, Amazon Fiction & Literature's “Best of the Month,” and a Powell's...
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The Incendium Plot
A D Swanston'A fantastic tale of spies, deceit and murder in the Elizabethan age' S. D. Sykes'Colourful and gripping' The TimesEngland in 1572 is a powder keg of rumour, fanaticism, treachery ...
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Before the Rains
Dinah JefferiesA romantic, heartwrenching tale of love against the odds from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband's death, 28yearold photojourna...
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Magpie Lane
Lucy Atkins'Riveting, twisty, pageturning stuff' GuardianA 'best books of 2020' pick for BBC Radio 4 Open Book, the Guardian, the Telegraph and Good Housekeeping'The page turner you've been l...
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The Forgotten Garden
Kate MortonFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Homecoming comes a novel that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through generations and across continents as two women try to ...
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The Wolf and the Watchman
Niklas Natt och Dag“The Alienist set in eighteenthcentury Stockholm: Brawny, bloody, intricate, enthrallingand the best historical thriller I’ve read in twenty years.” A.J. Finn, #1 bestselling autho...
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The Distant Hours
Kate MortonFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Homecoming comes a haunting tale of longburied secrets and the twists of fate that can alter lives forever.This enthralling romantic t...
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The Lost Storyteller
Amanda Block'A powerful novel about the bond between fathers and daughters, and how stories connect us all. I loved it' Jenny Colgan THE LOST STORYTELLER is the heartwarming and evocative debu...
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The Vanishing
Sophia Tobin'Think Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre, but ten times darker, and you have The Vanishing … as dark and eerie and gothic as the Yorkshire Moors it is set on. One ...
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The Lake House
Kate MortonFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Homecoming comes a “moody, suspenseful pageturner” (People, Best Book Pick) filled with mystery and spellbinding secrets.Living on her...
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A Map of the Damage
Sophia TobinAlready a Sunday Times bestselling author with her first novel, A Map of the Damage confirms Sophia Tobin as a rising star. This is stunning historical fiction for fans of Tracy Ch...
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The City Between the Bridges
Niklas Natt och DagA #1 international bestseller, this atmospheric and breathtaking sequel to the “cerebral, immersive pageturner” (The Washington Post) The Wolf and the Watchman explores the darknes...
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The Collector of Dying Breaths
M. J. RoseNew York Times bestselling author M. J. Rose’s “wondrously original” (Providence Journal) suspense novel featuring perfumer Jac L’Etoile “combines fascinating history, torrid roman...
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The Thirteenth Tale
Diane SetterfieldInstant #1 New York Times bestseller“Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books and the magical power of story.”People“Eerie and fascinating.”USA TODAYSometi...
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Spitting Gold
Carmella LowkisA deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19thcentury Paris, blending gothic mystery with a captivating sapphic romance as two estranged sisters...
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The Visitors
Caroline ScottFrom the highly acclaimed author of The Photographer of the Lost, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, comes a tale of a young war widow and one lifechanging, sundrenched visit to Co...
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Things in Jars
Jess KiddIn this “miraculous and thrilling” (Diane Setterfield, #1 New York Times bestselling author) mystery for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Book of Speculation, Victorian London com...