Maggie O’Farrell is one of the most loved writers in the English language. Her debut, After You’d Gone, marked the start of a career which has established Maggie as one of the great storytellers of our times.

 

 

Maggie O’Farrell’s nine novels have explored disparate themes – from incarceration, madness and treachery to love, bereavement and loss – but they all share her masterful craft and inimitable prose, drawing readers deep into fictional worlds few can forget.

 

Maggie’s novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers and together have sold over a million copies in the UK and Ireland and have been translated in 43 languages around the world.

 

Praise for Maggie O’Farrell includes:

 

 

 

After You’d Gone

‘This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart’ Alice Winn

‘Remarkable. Luminous’ Observer
‘Deeply moving’ The Times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Distance Between Us

‘Wildly enjoyable’ The Times

‘Compulsively readable’ Elle

‘O’Farrell writes with lyrical precision about sex, fear and sibling rivalry… graceful and hypnotic’ Observer
Winner, Somerset Maugham Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hand That First Held Mine

‘Ridiculously pleasurable’ Observer

‘A skilful, hurtful writer, capable of imbuing the everyday with weight and colour, ridiculously pleasurable to read’ Guardian
Winner, Costa Novel Award

 

 

 

 

 

I Am, I Am, I Am

‘Maggie O’Farrell is a miracle in every sense’ Ann Patchett

‘O’Farrell takes up a bow and arrow and aims right at the human heart’  The Times

‘Ingenious and original… a rich celebration of every breath’ Independent

‘I have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive’ Tracy Chevalier
Shortlisted for the Penn Ackerly Prize

Sunday Times no.1 bestseller

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions for a Heatwave

‘Addictive, told with real warmth and humanity and infectious love’ Observer

‘Big-hearted and utterly gripping’ Maria Semple

‘No one writes family like Maggie O’Farrell’ Kit de Waal

Shortlisted, Costa Novel Award

 

 

 

 

 

My Lover’s Lover

‘Written so beautifully…a triumph’ Barbara Trapido

‘Brilliant shows how old relationships can haunt new lovers ’ Elle

‘Shock, grief and loss spring from the page’ Sunday Telegraph
‘A keenly observed portrayal of shifting metropolitan lives, and a superbly imagined story of a haunting’ You magazine
‘Shock, grief and loss spring from the page’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Written so beautifully… a triumph’ Barbara Trapdio
‘Laden with suspense’ Good Housekeeping

 

 

 

 

This Must Be the Place

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award

‘A riveting novel of love and hope that grips at the heart’ Sunday Times

‘A conjuror’s sleight of hand… deft and compelling’ Guardian
‘A beautiful, ambitious triumph’ Red

‘Magnificent… perceptive, profound and page-turning in equal measures’ Cathy Rentzenbrink

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

‘Actually unputdownable…reminiscent of classic Daphne du Maurier’ Ali Smith

‘O’Farrell’s subtlety and delicate touch have never been so finely demonstrated’ Independent on Sunday