Phaedra qualified firstly as a stained glass artist before gaining her professional Marketing qualifications. She has worked as a waitress, stained glass designer, film festival organiser and communications manager. 

She is a self-taught author who enjoyed her first real writing success when she entered and won several short story competitions. She now writes full time from her home in Saddleworth.

She has published six novels with HarperCollins in the US and UK, with an additional one to be released in 2023.

Her debut, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper has been translated into 25 languages worldwide and awarded the Prix des Lectrices 2017 in France. Film rights were optioned by a major Hollywood studio.

Phaedra’s second novel, Rise and Shine Benedict Stone, was made into a Hallmark Original movie in 2021.

Her third novel, The Library of Lost and Found, was selected as The Great North West Read 2019, to be read across over 300 libraries in the NW of England.

The Secrets of Love Story Bridge (USA title)/The Secrets of Sunshine (UK title) is her fourth book. 

The Messy Lives of Book People, her fifth novel, was selected by Barnes & Noble as their Fiction Pick for June in all their US bookstores.

She released her sixth novel, The Little Italian Hotel, in 2023 and film/TV rights have been optioned by a European production company.

You can read more about Phaedra’s books by clicking here.

The Library Journal described Phaedra’s work as, “Tender, insightful and surprising.”

Phaedra lives in Saddleworth, UK and is represented by Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson Literary, Film and TV Agency.

Photo by Sam Ralph