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SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN is a bestselling author of historical fiction, known for writing specifically in the Georgian era and marrying meticulous research with rich lyrical prose.

Her debut novel Pandora was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into 16 languages. A loose reinterpretation of the Greek myth Pandora's Box set in eighteenth-century London, it tells the story of aspiring jewellery artist Dora Blake and her encounter with an ancient vase that her tyrannical uncle is desperately keen to keep secret. Her second novel The Shadow Key - a Gothic tale set against the mysterious Welsh landscape of 1783 - was released in April 2024. A short story collection in the vein of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer is to be published in 2025 with a third novel, The Constellations, to follow in 2027.

Born in 1985, Susan grew up in the historic city of Lichfield before moving on to study in the coastal town of Aberystwyth, where she graduated with a BA in Education & English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing. She lives in North West Wales, UK.

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