Before becoming an author, Lucy worked for Amnesty International (UK), and then the Times Literary Supplement. She studied English at Oxford University and was a post-graduate Fulbright Scholar to the USA. She has lived in Boston, Seattle and Philadelphia, and is now based in Oxford with her family.
Lucy Atkins is an award-winning British author who has written five novels, most recently WINDMILL HILL (2023), a summer book pick for both the Guardian and the Observer. Her previous novel, MAGPIE LANE (2020), was a Book of the Year for the Guardian, Telegraph, Good Housekeeping, and BBC Radio 4 Open Book. Many of Lucy’s works are published internationally and THE NIGHT VISITOR (2017) has been optioned for television.
Lucy teaches on the Creative Writing Masters degree at the University of Oxford. She is a book critic for the Sunday Times & the Guardian, has judged the Costa Book Awards and has written features and reviews for UK newspapers including the Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, Telegraph, TLS and various magazines.
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