Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Laura Shepherd-Robinson is the award-winning, Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author of four historical novels. Her books have been featured on BBC 2’s Between the Covers, Radio 2's Bookclub, and Radio 4’s Front Row and Open Book. Her fourth novel, The Art of a Lie, was published in Summer 2025 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller.

Laura was born in Bristol in 1976. She has a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. She worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in Creative Writing at City University. She lives in London with her husband, Adrian.