Northants
Authors Group
Northants Authors is made up of local writers who have published books, some with traditional publishers and some who have self-published. Most of their books are in printed form as well as e-books and are also available on Amazon Books UK.
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You will find us in attendance at book shops and clubs, literary and craft fairs, care homes, and libraries, where we talk about our work, do readings, examine writing for those interested in writing themselves, and signings of our books for our customers.
We welcome the chance to show the vast array of subjects that our group cover. Our members write in a variety of different genres, from crime, historical to romance novels, poetry, contemporary, autobiographies, plays, aromatherapy, information guides and children’s books.
The aim of the group is to sell our books and to present and promote to the public local talent that may not yet have been discovered. We are very happy to help charities and clubs who host us with donations or a percentage of our sales.
Our books
Here are some of the books we have written and have had published
We are very busy - Northants Authors Group has been going into care homes locally and has been at Southam and Rugby, and Corby soon! if your community or organization would like us to come along, please send us an email or ring us.
Welcome! meet our authors
Your local authors and their books
A variety of genres: from historical novels, to poetry, crime, plays and aromatherapy - to name just a few!
Our books are inspired by our interests, life experiences and love of the writing process
Tony Berry
Tony has produced 7 historical/crime novels set in the English Civil War, under the heading of 'Missions for Cromwell'.
In 2023 he decided to change direction and to write poetry, producing material that rhymes and can be understood by everyone - he has published 'A Seasoned Verse'.
Joy Burnett
Joy's first major novel 'Entwined' is about the Karmic influences that occur when one man and one woman reincarnate together through five different periods of history in different times, places and relationships. She has written two Aromatherapy books 'Healing with Essential Oils' and 'Aromatherapy for Massage Practitioners', a racy romance 'On the Loose', a book of short stories 'All at Sea' set on a cruise ship, and a novel 'Two Women- Two Lives'
Steve Whitmill
Steve has a wide range of writing skills and draws his inspiration from his previous work as a psychiatric nurse, as a father, and from the love of humour, and writes short plays, poetry, teenage adventure and mystery and adult novels. Steve is currently writing a thriller set in the secretive world of British intelligence.
Reef Stone
Reef Stone is a Northamptonshire-born writer of crime novels. Reef writes freely in his own individual style. His first novel, ‘Two Heads Are Better Than One’, has been
published and is available through the normal outlets. Reef is currently working on
his second novel with a publishing date to be set
Rosemary Sturge
I've been writing stories since was a child; with my parents believing I would grow up to be a novelist. My teachers, however, were less impressed with my talents. Having spent most of my working life teaching young children and teenagers who wanted to become nursery workers, I now write historical novels and have 6 books published so far!
Tom Norford
Thomas Norford is the pen-name of science /action author Thomas Norford, but he is known to his friends as Thomas Norford. He is currently producing books at a rate of one every 45 years. Thomas lives with his wife and two children and works full time for children's social services, so finding time to write is a struggle, he claims.
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Stephen Collier
Stephen’s desire to write crime/action culminated in his first book ‘Blind Murder,’ published in 2014. Since that time, he has published ‘Driving Dead,’ which was a 2021 finalist in the Page Turner awards. He released a second edition of Blind Murder in Spring 2022 to coincide with the release of a screenplay of the book. He has a third novel, ‘Crimson Dragon,’ and a novel written by his aunt in the 1950s, Ruth Martin. ‘Let the Grass Grow Green’ .
Garry Dix
Garry's aim is to share his books with as many young readers as possible. The first series of the 'Brian Brackbrick' books is now available - this is a series of 6 books, each with their own stand-alone story, but also working towards a terribly exciting conclusion! These easy to read (and fun!) chapter books star Brian Brackbrick, the 138th cleverest person in the whole world, and his best friend, George Bum. Series 1 sees Brian and George uncovering the mystery of: "Who is Mr Sparker?" The second series is currently in development.
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Monica Withrington
Monica has written and told stories all her life. Her early successes as a published writer were with the magazines Best, The Lady and Woman’s Weekly. She has also won a number of awards, and been short-listed in Writing Magazine and Writers’ Forum. A collection of her short stories, under the title A Little Lower than the Angels, was self-published in 2018. Earlier publications include Gabriela, the Garden Angel, a picture-book for children aged 4-6, The Reluctant Shepherd, a novella for children aged 7-9 and Hi, Mum, Can You Hear Me?, for the age-range 10-12. At present, she is concentrating on writing for children, as she loves happy endings.
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