A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting(92)

Thank you to my family, the great big sprawling mass of you on both sides of the tree. I’m pretty sure you manifested this publishing deal through sheer force of personality – and I’m so proud to be one of you.

Once again and always, thanks must go to Mum, Dad, Will, Grannie and Amy, for supplying the caffeine, for your patience through incoherent plot discussions, for answering questions like ‘do you think this is funny?’ with unwavering dishonesty and for believing I could do it even when I definitely didn’t. And of course, thank you to Joey and Myla, the best of dogs, for being the most demanding and distracting writing companions the world has ever known. It was just a squirrel, guys – it was always just a squirrel.

Finally, thank you to you for reading it! It still feels extraordinarily strange to be sharing this with readers, and I’m so grateful that you have chosen to spend some of your precious time with this book. I’d love to hear from you, so do get in touch (unless you hated it, in which case I’d rather you didn’t).





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About the Author


Sophie Irwin grew up in Dorset before moving to south London after university. She has spent years immersed in the study of historical fiction, from a dissertation on how Georgette Heyer helped win World War Two, to time spent in dusty stacks and old tomes losing herself in Regency London while researching this book. Her love and passion for historical fiction bring a breath of fresh air and a contemporary energy to the genre and Sophie hopes to transport readers to a time when ballrooms were more like battlegrounds.

Sophie spent several years working as an assistant editor before going freelance. A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting is Sophie’s debut novel and it has already sold in nearly thirty countries worldwide.

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