Here all all of our Author Profiles for authors who have the last name of “D”. To skip to a specific author, please click one of them below!

Jump to author: Maggie Dana | Anna Davis | Lucy Dawson | Holly Denham | Lucy Diamond | Miranda Dickinson | Lucy Dillon | Louise Douglas | Clare Dowling | Sarah Duncan | Matt Dunn

Note: For Olivia Darling please see Chrissie Manby.

Name: Maggie Dana

Biography: Born in the UK, Maggie Dana now lives in Connecticut. She is a freelance designer and has published several books for children and young adults.

Website: http://www.maggiedana.com/

Books: Beachcombing (2009)

Name: Anna Davis

Biography: Anna Davis is the author of five novels: The Jewel Box, The Shoe Queen, Cheet, Melting and The Dinner, as well as short stories and journalism. She lives in London with her husband and two children. Anna is a former Guardian columnist and works part-time for a leading literary agency.

Website: http://www.annadavis.co.uk/

Books: The Dinner (1999), Melting (2000), Sheet (2001), The Shoe Queen (2007), The Jewel Box (2009)

Name: Lucy Dawson

Biography: Lucy Dawson has been a journalist and magazine editor, and continues to work as a pilates instructor, alongside writing. She lives in Tunbridge Wells.

Website: http://www.lucydawsonbooks.co.uk/

Books: His Other Lover (2008), What My Best Friend Did (2009), The One That Got Away (2010), Untitled (2011)

Name: Bill Surie

Biography: Holly Denham is the pseudonym of someone who is intimately acquainted with the world of receptionists. Based in an office in the heart of London, they know all the secrets no city girl wants their boss to find out.

Website: http://www.hollysinbox.com/

Books: Holly’s Inbox (2007), Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City (2008)

Name: Sue Mongredien

Biography: Lucy Diamond is the author of several internationally bestselling children’s novels, written under a different name. She lives near Bath with her husband and three children. Sweet Temptation is her fourth adult novel. Check out her blog: http://beinglucydiamond.blogspot.com/

Website: http://www.lucydiamond.co.uk/

Books: Any Way You Want Me (2007), Over You (2008), Hens Reunited (2009), Sweet Temptation (2010)

Name: Miranda Dickinson

Biography: Miranda Dickinson has always had a head full of stories. From an early age she dreamed of writing a book that would make the heady heights of Kingswinford Library. Following a Performance Art degree, she began to write in earnest when a friend gave her The World’s Slowest PC. She is also a singer-songwriter. Fairytale of New York is her first novel.

Website: http://www.miranda-dickinson.com/

Books: Fairytale of New York (2009), Welcome to my World (2010)

Name: Lucy Dillon

Biography: Lucy Dillon was born in Cumbria in 1974. She now divides her time between London and the Wye Valley. She recently adopted a basset hound named Violet.

Website: N/A

Books: The Ballroom Class (2008), Lost Dogs & Lonely Hearts (2009), Untitled (2010)

Name: Louise Douglas

Biography: Louise Douglas is a copywriter and lives near Bristol with her partner and three children. Her debut novel, The Love of My Life, was published in 2008. Missing You is her second novel.

Website: http://www.louisedouglas.co.uk/

Books: The Love of my Life (2008), Missing You (2010)

Name: Clare Dowling

Biography: Clare Dowling was born in Kilkenny in 1968. She trained as an actress and has worked in theatre, film and radio. She has had drama and children’s fiction published and is currently a scriptwriter on Ireland’s top soap, Fair City. She lives in Dublin and is married with one son and one daughter.

Website: http://www.claredowling.co.uk/

Books: Fast Forward (2000), Expecting Emily (2001), Amazing Grace (2003), My Fabulous Divorce (2006), No Strings Attached (2007), Going It Alone (2008), Just The Three of Us (2009)

Name: Sarah Duncan

Biography: Sarah Duncan’s first novel, ADULTERY FOR BEGINNERS, was shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon New Writers Prize. Before she took up writing and teaching, Sarah worked as an actor, most famously as Rodney’s girlfriend (before Cassandra) in ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES.

Website: http://www.sarahduncan.co.uk/

Books: Adultery For Beginners (2004), Nice Girls Do (2006), Another Woman’s Husband (2007), A Single To Rome (2009), Kissing Mr Wrong (2010).

Name: Matt Dunn

Biography: Born and brought up in Margate, Matt Dunn now lives in London. He has worked as a professional lifeguard, fitness-equipment salesman and, most recently, an IT headhunter, where his skill in re-writing CVs made him think he might have a talent for fiction. Visit www.mattdunn.co.uk

Website: http://www.mattdunn.co.uk

Books: Best Man (2005), The Ex-Boyfriends Handbook (2006), From Here to Paternity (2007), Ex-Girlfriends United (2008), The Good Bride Guide (2009), Untitled (2010).