Rebecca Shaw

Sunday Times bestselling author Rebecca Shaw is known for her heartwarming tales of English country life.

Rebecca grew up in Yorkshire and attended a Quaker boarding school before becoming a teacher working with deaf children.

She wrote 28 novels. Her biggest series of 19 books, set in a fictional English village called TURNHAM MALPAS, charts the lives and loves of the village inhabitants.

A further six novels tell the stories of the vets, veterinary nurses and animals at a veterinary practice in the fictional English market town of BARLEYBRIDGE.

She also wrote three standalone novels.

Rebecca lived with her husband in a beautiful Dorset village where she found plenty of inspiration for her contemporary stories about rural life. Rebecca sadly passed away in 2015, but her stories continue to be enjoyed by readers across the globe.

New for 2024: Rebecca's first novel, The New Rector, has been reissued to make 30 years since the book was first published!