Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Represented by
Antony Topping
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Represented by
Antony Topping
Laura Shepherd-Robinson 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. Laura 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.
BLOOD & SUGAR, her first novel, won the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown and the Specsaver’s Debut Crime Novel award, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month, and a Guardian and Telegraph novel of the year. It was also shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and the Sapere Historical Dagger; the Amazon Publishing/Capital Crime Best Debut Novel; and the Goldsboro Glass Bell; and longlisted for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year. Her novel, DAUGHTERS OF NIGHT, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2020 and her latest novel, THE SQUARE OF SEVENS was published by Mantle in June 2023.
BLOOD & SUGAR, her first novel, won the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown and the Specsaver’s Debut Crime Novel award, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month, and a Guardian and Telegraph novel of the year. It was also shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and the Sapere Historical Dagger; the Amazon Publishing/Capital Crime Best Debut Novel; and the Goldsboro Glass Bell; and longlisted for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year. Her novel, DAUGHTERS OF NIGHT, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2020 and her latest novel, THE SQUARE OF SEVENS was published by Mantle in June 2023.
